I 5 The Dallas Post NEWS Sunday, March 13, 2005 @BITUARIES ELWOOD CONDEN Milkman and bus driver, he was a Marines veteran of WWII | Elwood J. “Chuck” Conden, 85, of Kunkle, passed away March 2, 2005 in East Mountain Manor, Plains Township. Born at Harveys Lake, he was the son of the late Jacob and Florence Thompson Conden. He was a graduate of Dallas Township High School. Before retiring, he was a milk- man for Dallas Dairy and pre- vious to that had been a bus driver for Wilkes Barre Transit Co. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the Marines. He was a member of the Alderson United Methodist urch, the Harveys Lake nerican Legion Post 967, eamsters Local 401, Wilkes Barre. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Kunkle Conden; son, Jay and Charles; brother, Merle. Surviving are daughters, Jennie Weaver and Louise Nulton, Harveys Lake; foster son, Truman Crispell, Edwardsville, IL; daughter-in- law, Frances Olmstead, Harveys Lake; sister, Dorothy Lord, Dallas; seven grandchil- dren; four great-grandchildren. Interment, Warden Cemetery, Dallas Township. it Memorial contributions may be made to the Kunkle Fire Co. STANLEY LIPINSKI Founded and owned Trail Implement Co. Stanley R. Lipinski, 81, of @ inno died March 6, 0 05 at the Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna M. (Surowiec) Lipinski, and a brother, Walter Benny. . He was born in Falls, Pa., on March 14, 1923, a son of the late Benjamin and Victoria (Phillips) Lipinski. He worked. as a dairy farmer and at the Aldovin Dairy in Lemon, Pa., and also for the Schnelly Distillery and in the plumbing department at the Gay Murray Co. in unkhannock. In 1956, he yunded Trail Implement Co. in Factoryville and was the owner until 1978. He retired from the maintenance depart- ment of the Tunkhannock Area School District. He was a member of the Church of the BVM in Tunkhannock, 4th Degree Knight of Fr. Francis Perkosky Knights of Columbus Council 5942, and a member of the Triton Hose Co. of Tunkhannock. Surviving are a daughter, Barbara Kovalchick of Tunkhannock; sons David, of West Chester; Thomas, of Indianapolis, Ind.; sisters Helen Ann Lipinski of Falls; Regina Woloszn of Falls; Genevieve Matylewicz of Clark Summit; nine grand- children; one great-grandson; several nieces and nephews. “Interment, Pieta Cemetery, Tunkhannock. contributions ¢ Memorial @: be made to the American eart Association or to the American Diabetes Association. MERRILL O. THOMAS Ran produce stand in Dallas for decades Merrill O. Thomas, 87, of Rice Street, Dallas, passed away March 9, 2005 at his home. Born in Dallas, he was the son of the late Arthur and Winifred Gates Thomas. He was a graduate of Dallas Borough High School. He was a farmer and operated a produce stand on Memorial Highway in Dallas. He was preceded in death by a sister, Rhoda Bisbing. There are no survivors. ANNA WALLENT Born at Lake Carey Mrs. Anna Julia Wallent, 83, of Tunkhannock died February 28, 2005, at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. She was born at her home at Lake Carey, Tunkhannock, on February 28, 1922, the daugh- ter of the late Vincient and the late Theophelia Blickert Wallent. She was employed as a cook at the Prince Hotel and also worked as a garment work- er at Rocar and Bocar Dress factories. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Sophie, Pauline and Constance Bunnell; two brothers, John and Joseph. Surviving are her niece, Theophelia ' ‘Tiki’ Lyons of Tunkhannock and nephew, Arthur R. Bunnell of Meshoppen; two great- nephews and one great-niece. Funeral will be Monday, March 14, 2005, at 10:45 a.m. from the Harding-Litwin Funeral Home, 123 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Nativity BVM Church, 99 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with the Rev. Jeffrey J. Walsh offici- ating. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday, March 13, 2005, from 2 to 5 p.m. Interment will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Tunkhannock. Memorial contributions may be made to the Laboratory at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Route 6, West Tunkhannock. LOUISE FRANTZ Science teacher with degrees from Univ. of Pennsylvania Louise W. Frantz, 84, former- ly of Machell Ave., Dallas, passed away March, 4, 2005, in the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Dallas, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Beulah Whipp Frantz. She was a graduate of Dallas Borough High School and the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her bache- lor’s and master’s of science degrees. She had been a teacher in Wesley Junior College, Dover, DE. She was a member of the Dallas United Methodist Church, Dallas Chapter 396, Order of the Eastern Star, volunteer at the Meadows Nursing Center, and had taught water safety in Delaware. Surviving are cousins. Interment, Lehman Center Cemetery, Lehman. The Post publishes obituaries of local residents, natives or those who have a long connection to the area. Send obituaries to: Tue POST 15 N. Main St. Wilkes-Barre PA 18711 A buka & CONTEMPORARY WOMENS CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES =z] Ne]c]] BATH AND BobDy SATURDAY, MARCH | OTH | 2-4 | | CIN ROIZ ANI <1RE (Rd ON Nola ie lV FNINESS (8d a SHAVERTOWN, PA | 8708 SWAON Sie I SIP: Vay iv CALL FOR HOURS SWAG HSIe [SH eZ 37x ETHEL YURKO With husband, owned Plkes Creek Nursery Ethel A. Yurko, age 65, of Pikes Creek, died March 9, 2005, at the Hospice Community Care, Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. She was born in Edwardsville, October 25, 1939, and was the daughter of the late John and Dorothy Dougal Gilmore and had resided at Pikes Creek for the last 42 years. Prior to retiring, she and her husband, George, owned and operated Pikes Creek Nursery for 10 years. She was preceded in death by a brother, John Gilmore and a granddaughter, Amanda Bednarsky. Surviving, in addition to her husband of 44 years, George, are daughters, Elizabeth Carmer, Champaign, IL; Jennifer Curran, Quarryville; Catherine Monahan, Exeter; sister, Betty Harring, Wilkes- Barre; five grandchildren. The funeral service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of Routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with Rev. Timothy V. Cappucci, pas- tor of the Community Bible Church of Sweet Valley, offici- ating. Interment will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Pikes Creek. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. SENIOR MENUS Senior Citizens Centers sponsored by the Area Agency on aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties offers hot noon meals Monday through Friday to people 60 years of age or older. Donations from par- ticipants .are gratefully accept- ed and needed in order to expand this program. The fol- lowing is the menu for the week of March 7 to 11. All menus include margarine, milk and coffee. The Senior Center is located at 22 Rice St., Dallas. MONDAY: Veal with mush- room sauce, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, orange sherbet. TUESDAY: Bee bracioli with stufing and gravy, whipped potatoes, Roman vegetable medley, peaches. WEDNESDAY: Chili con carne, steamed rice, tossed salad, banana. THURSDAY: Baked ham and cabbage, parslied potatoes, cookie, chocolate ice cream. FRIDAY: Crab cake, baked potato, carrots, birthday cake. Fire department web addresses Five local fire departments now have web pages where anyone who is interested may find out more about the departments and how to become a volunteer. Thye are: Shavertown: http://go.to/shavertownfire Trucksville: http://www.trucksvillefire.co m Kunkle Fire & EMS: http://home.usnetway.com/~ kunkle Harveys Lake Fire & EMS: http://www.geocities.com/har veyslakefire Northmoreland Fire: http://www.geocities.com/sta tion140 r en We've been digging through our pile of old photos, and thought it would be fun to share some of them with you. Space allowing, we’ll publish a scene from the Back Mountain's past each week on this page. Sometimes we’ll be able to tell you about the event and the people in the frame, and sometimes we’ll be clueless. That’s when you can help — if you know names and details, please get them to us and we'll do our best to fill in the blanks for our readers. E-mail is the best communica- tion method, so if you can, send info to: thepost@leader.net. Otherwise, send a fax to 675-3650, call 675-5211 or drop a note to: The Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre PA 18711. Once upon a time, Dallas had two train stations, one for passengers, in the foreground of this photo, and one for freight. They stood in the area where the Dallas Post Office is now located. A separate trolley line ran to Harveys Lake. THOMAS Continued from Page 1 and tomatoes in the fields top of West Center Hill Road, in the VanHorn’s field where BiLo is now,” he said in June - 2004. At one time he worked for Danny Richards’ Economy Store, a brick building on Main Street. Thomas at one time brought produce from the around Huntsville dam, at the A connection, now gone, to a Back Mountain most would not recognize Thomas C. Thomas produce company in Wilkes-Barre and was good friends with George Thomas, but there was no family relationship. He pre- ferred to buy produce from local farms. Thomas got his start more than six decades ago. In 1940, someone told him about something called a “produce stand.” “I had never heard of such a thing, so me and the Waters brothers put out two crates and a half-inch board with pro- duce. We sold it all,” he said. County. ed until April 8. Nominees sought for historic preservation awards The Luzerne County Historical Society is cur- rently accepting nominations for its annual Historic Preservation Awards. The awards are intended to recognize successful examples of restoration, rehabilitation or adaptive re-use of his- toric buildings and/or properties in Luzerne The winning nominations will be presented and awards conferred at the society’s annual dinner and meeting in April. Nominations will be accept- Private, public, commercial and residential buildings are eligible. Nomination forms and infor- mation about the dinner or membership are avail- able at the society’s office at 49 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, or by calling 823-6244. Dallas Borough tree pickup Due to the recent winter conditions, many of Dallas Borough's residents Christmas trees have not been collected. Because of the snow and icy conditions the trees are now frozen and snow covered. In order to facilitate collection, the borough is asking residents to uncover the trees and free them from the frozen areas. The Dallas Borough Road Department will collect trees that are uncovered and placed at the curb. The trees remaining beneath the snow will need to be left until early spring. Residents may call the road department at 674-5362 to pick up a tree or with questions pertaining to the tree collection and removal. Need extra copies of this week’s Post? 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