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1 The News-Item, Shamokin, Pa. Area Obituaries Geisinger honors volunteers 12 Sept. 2, 1976 Funeral notices BOHACZYK Harry Bohaczyk, Shamokin Trevorton. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in St.

Michael's Greek Orthodox Church, Mount Carmel. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Viewing will be in the C.J. Lucas Funeral Home, 27 N. Vine Mount Carmel, Friday from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Parastas will be held Friday evening at 7:00 in the funeral home. service to the Medical Center during June, July and August. The Candy Striper Program, now in its 11th year at Geisinger, traditionally draws excellent response to a need from the area's youth. They perform many duties for patients that add warmth and a personal touch to the hospital environment. Young people from 14 to 18 years of age gain experience DANVILLE Twenty-eight area junior volunteers were honored Wednesday evening at Geisinger Medical Center.

A dinner and awards program in Geisinger's main dining room followed by a splash party at the Frosty Valley Country Club marked the occasion. Eighty-five young women and one young man contributed approximately 8,150 hours of volunteer working with patients while volunteering Saturdays and during their summer vacation from school. Miss Bonnie Fetterman, Catawissa, served 292 hours making her the largest contributor for the summer. She is followed by Gloria Barnhart and Barbara DeGeorge, both from Danville, contributing 198 and 191 hours respectively. Dennis Deihl, Bloomsburg.

completed his second summer ans and was this summer's only male junior volunteer. Awards are given on a cumulative basis from summer to summer. A Teachers report to Bloomsburg schools Jerome Wahosky SHAMOKIN Jerome Edward Wahosky, 64, of 1337 W. Arch died Wednesday evening at 11:40 in Shamokin State General Hospital where he was last admitted that evening at 9:00. He was in ill health since July, 1972, and was hospitalized two times in July, 1976.

Mr. Wahosky was born in Shamokin, Aug. 4, 1912, a son of the late Peter and Anna (Domaleski) Wahosky. He was a lifelong resident of Shamokin. Mr.

Wahosky was employed by Herr Gas and Oil Co. and last worked for Trailco, Shamokin Dam. He was married Jan: 26, 1938, in Hagerstown, to the former BZdith Campbell Herr. He was educated in Coal Township schools and was a member of the Paxinos Bible Fellowship Church. Survivors include the wife; a daughter, Mrs.

Barry (Phyllis) Deppen, Shamokin; two sisters, Mrs. John (Emily) Wargo and Mrs. Peter (Irene) Goretski, Shamokin, and two brothers, Norman Wahosky, Shamokin, and Frank Wahosky, Shamokin Dam. Farrow Funeral Directors, Shamokin, have charge of arrangements. Mrs.

Laura Henninger SHAMOKIN R.D. 2 Mrs. Laura Long Henninger, 77, of Box 301, East Cameron Township, Shamokin R.D. 2, died this morning at 1:20 in Gold Star Nursing Home, Danville R.D. 4, where she was a guest since Wednesday.

She was in ill health since March. Mrs. Henninger was born Aug. 31, 1899, in Gowen City, a daughter of the late Joel and Alice (Ditty) Long. She was a lifelong resident of East Cameron Township.

She was a housewife and was married Nov. 6, 1926, in Sunbury, to Charles Perry Henninger who died Nov. 12, 1974. She was educated in East Cameron Township schools and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Gowen City.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Jacqueline) Mensch, Danville R.D. 3, and Mrs. Robert (John) Griffith, Hummelstown; five grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Vertie Davis, Gowen City; Mrs.

Margaret Haupt, Mrs. Grace Metz and Miss Viola Long, all of Shamokin. Farrow Funeral Directors, Shamokin, have charge of arrangements. Colleges (Continued from Page One) teacher education students. This year, these schools are expected to award 5,300 nonteaching degrees out of 13,500 baccalaureates.

In 1967-68, there were 8,936 degrees and 8,088 were in education. Several schools are offering innovative programs. Temple will have special counseling and course work for women because of their special problems in returning to school. "They are scared to death they are going to fail or be looked upon as peculiar because they are 36 or so, and they are around all these young people," said Family Mulholland, a Temple spokeswoman. "We work with women on a one-on-one basis.

It's an outreach program, really." Temple also has a special program for senior citizens, which offers such courses as "How to Fix Things" and "Photography for the Serious Amateur." Franklin Marshall in Lancaster permits senior citizens to attend night school free. The school's new continuing education program for professional people will offer instruction in advanced math, speed reading and techniques for writing business reports. The noncredit program will be taught on campus and in some industries. Penn's noncredit continuing education includes a course to be shown on commercial television in Philadelphia. It's called "World Around the Revolution," and tells about lifestyles in the colonial era.

There will be 45 segments of 30 minutes each. Penn also is running a fund raising drive with a new twist: Money will go for faculty salaries and improved programs rather than construction. It's called "Program for the Eighties," and shows at least some universities are trying to meet the future rather than live on past reputations. Melvin W. Womer NATALIE Melvin W.

Womer, 150 Center died Wednesday evening at 11:00 in Ashland State General Hospital where he was a patient five days. Born in Natalie, Oct. 14, 1927, he was a son of the late Edwin and Mabel (Wagner) Womer. Mr. Womer was employed in the warehouse of Cabinet Industries, Danville.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Mount Carmel, and was a life member of the Natalie Fire Co. Mr. Womer was a 1945 graduate of Mount Carmel Township High School. Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Martha Callahan, Philadelphia; Mrs.

Grace Fisher, Natalie; Mrs. Leona Brennan and Mrs. Alda Jessick, both of Philadelphia, and three brothers, Howard Womer and Myron Womer, Philadelphia, and Claude Womer, Natalie. Willard A. Rothermel Funeral Home, 120 S.

Market Mount Carmel, has charge of arrangements. Charles Bolesta ATLAS Charles Bolesta, 67, of 468 W. Girard died Wednesday at 8:20 a.m. in Geisinger- Medical Center. Danville, where he was a patient one week.

He was in ill health one year. Mr. Bolesta was born in Atlas, Nov. 19, 1908, a son of the late Charles and Anna (Kuryla) Bolesta. He resided in Atlas for eight years and previously lived in Mount Carmel.

Mr. Bolesta was employed as a miner in area collieries for 35 years and was last employed by Swank Coal Co. He retired in 1973. He held an office in Local 185 of United Mine Workers of America. Mr.

Bolesta was first married to Anna Selvoski who died in 1955. He later married Mary Cellitti, Atlas, on Oct. 19, 1968 in St. Paul's Church, Atlas. The deceased was educated in Atlas schools and was a member of St.

Paul's Church. Atlas; Sons of Poland and American Hose and Chemical Mount Carmel. Survivors include the wife; six children, Theresa, Mount Carmel; Mrs. Joseph (Dorothy) Korzeniecki, Mount Carmel; Charles Kulp-mont; Catherine, Mount Carmel; Anthony, Glenolden, and Josephine Urbanowicz, Mount Carmel, and a step-daughter, Eleanor Gonzales, New Jersey; 10 grandchildren; three brothers, Frank and Thomas, Elvsburg, and Anthony, Baltimore, and two sisters, Victoria Wierth, Upper Darby, and Veronica Lohr, Upper Darby. C.J.

Lucas Funeral Home, Mount Carmel, has charge of arrangements. Mrs. Helen C. O'Donnell MOUNT CARMEL Mrs. Helen C.

O'Donnell, 75, of 245 N. Park died Wednesday morning in Maria Joseph Manor, Danville, where she was a guest 18 months. She was born in Mount Carmel, Sept. 29, 1900, a daughter of the late Edward and Catherine (Parry) Parry. She was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ and the auxiliary of the church.

Her husband. Harold S. O'Donnell, died in 1950. Survivors include a son, Harold, Troy, N.Y.; two brothers, Robert Parry, Mount Carmel, and Ellsworth Parry, Bronx. N.Y.; a sister.

Mrs. Mary Clements, Louisville, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Willard A. Rothermel Funeral Director. 120 S.

Market Mount Carmel, has charge of arrangements. Lock Haven seeks flood protection WASHINGTON (AP) A delegation from Lock Haven, has told members of the House Public Works Committee that their community is in desperate need of a proposed flood protection system on the Susquehanna River. Lock Haven Mayor William Eisemann said the city prefers a system of flood walls and levees instead of an upstream flood control storage unit. Eisemann said that the city has suffered heavy flood damage in its 142 years of existence. He said the floods have "robbed us of our vitality." The Clinton County city is located on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.

The citizens want the project included in the Water Resources Development Act of 1976. cap signifies that a candy striper served 35 hours or more. Those serving 100 hours or more are given a junior volunteer pin and a pin guard denotes 100 additional hours. Some of the junior volunteers received charms indicating hours served in accordance with a previous award system. Those from the area who were honored include: from Catawissa, Bonnie Fetterman, cap, pin, 200 hour guard; Susan Mensch, cap; from Elysburg, Tammy Roadarmel.

cap and pin; Susan Vought. cap and pin, and Carol Wesloskie, two year; Kulpmont, Francesann Shovlin, two year, and Juliann Yastishak, two year; Mount Carmel, Marsha Adams, 300 hour charm, three year; Mary Bergamo, cap and pin, and Kathy Frasch, three year. From Natalie, Susan Schramm, three year; Ranshaw, Cheryl Conni. cap and pin; Riverside, Laurie Boyer, cap; Lynn Dewalt, cap and pin; Lisa Ortmyer, camp; Cindy Pursel, cap and pin; Karen Rose; Tammy Tittle, cap, and Sharon Weiss, cap and pin. From Shamokin, Joann Amrich, two year pin; Karen Daniels, two year pin; Paula Kazar, cap; Helen Kreisher, 200 hour charm, four year; Kathy Kreiger, cap; Paula Narke, cap; Diane Romanoski.

three year; Susan Salvatore. two year pin, and Lisa Terefenko, cap. James E. Smith, assistant administrative director, thanked them for their services on behalf of the Medical Center. Mrs.

Elizabeth George, chairman of volunteers for Geisinger's auxiliary, welcomed the group of candy stripers and their parents, and assisted Mrs. Ruth Share, In-Service Education Department for Nursing, in presenting awards. Mrs. Debra Hyde, Department of Volunteer Services, introduced the guests Mrs. Susan Adams, manager.

Department of Volunteer Services, was also present. Free coffee to be given to drivers SHAMOKIN Post Travelers Protectice Association of Shamokin will assist with giving free coffee and other goodies to motorists at various rest areas along interstate highways on Labor Day. These goods will be provided by members of the Pennsylvania Division of the Travelers Protective Association of America. James H. Meas, chairman for the Pennsylvania division, said P.

A posts from Altoona, Harrisburg. Lancaster, Lebanon. New Castle. Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Shamokin, Sunbury, Williamsport. and York ill participate.

P. A. coffee break stations will be located at rest areas along Interstate Routes 81 from Cham-bersburg to the New York state border, along Route 80 from the Ohio border to the New York state border, along U.S. Route 30 near Lancaster at the Tourist Information Center, and along Interstate Route 83 at the Tourist Information Center near the Maryland Ixirder. Meas said that in the interest of safety, travelers are invited to stop, enjoy a chat and a cup of coffee, and resume their journey refreshed and alert.

He said the association is endeavoring to encourage motorists to drive defensively, to make safety first and make it last. BAEA negotiator, addressed them. Shields told the teachers that Central, Benton and Danville classes were in session without contracts and on a day-to-day basis but the Bloomsburg board ap-, parently did not "trust" the professionalism of the Bloomsburg teachers to work in this fashion. The school board had asked the teachers to begin the 1976-77 term under an extention of their previous contract, which expired June 30, plus a no-strike, no-lockout provision. The teachers turned down the suggestion, calling it a delaying tactic.

The board then put into effect a decision reached in a special meeting Sunday night, to delay the opening of schools until Sept. 13. Shields expressed doubt that the board would go through with a revision of the school calendar an action which the board is reported to be only considering to eliminate the traditional Fair Week school vacation. He said he doubted such action would be taken because of fair traffic danger to pupils. Shields declared that the teachers were not locked-out and there was no strike.

He said he presumed the teachers fell in the category of being "laid-off" and advised them to apply for unemployment compensation. Reigel called the board's action in postponing the school opening "irresponsible" and said the board was not considering the long-range impact. He said it was his opinion that the teachers were "suspended or fuiioughed." Area bridge player wins high honor MEMPHIS, TENN. Giles J. Belski of 101 S.

Walnut Mount Carmel, is among bridge players most recently awarded Life Master rank by the American Contract Bridge League in recognition of bridge expertise and success. Richard L. Goldberg, Memphis, executive secretary of the ACBLK announced the ranking and said only 22,000 players, of the millions who play bridge, have achieved the ranking since it was established in 1935. Goldburg said Life Master rank is awarded players who accumulate 300 master points with 50 or more won in demanding regional or continentally ranked championship play. Master points, the principal prizes at ACBL tournaments, are awarded bridge winners in relation to the size and caliber of competitive field.

Each new Life Masyet receives a gold card to symbolize life membership in the ACBL, the organization which establishes rules of play and ethnical standards for bridge, and sponsors tournament bridge throughout North America. Edward Ludes hospital patient SHAMOKIN J. Edward Ludes, 38, an official of National Ticket is a patient in the cardiac care unit of Shamokin State General Hospital. Ludes suffered a heart attack Sunday evening after playing tennis. He is listed in good condition.

Ludes is active in many civic functions. He resides at 2063 Stetler Drive, Shamokin. BLOOMSBURG There were no students to teach, but teachers of the Bloomsburg Area School District, organized as the Bloomsburg Area Education Association (BAEA), reported to their assigned buildings yesterday for the originally scheduled Sept. 1 school opening which the school board had postponed the night before until Sept. 13.

Teachers reported to their schools about 8:00 a.m. to make sure there were no students present who had not been informed of the board's decision to postpone the opening. They then assembled en masse at the high school where Russ Shields, BAEA presidend, and Joel Reigel, a Hazleton man escapes from prison MILFORD, Pa. (AP) A I Iazleton man charged with murder in the firebombing of five persons escaped from the Pike County Prison after he was left unchecked by a guard for four hours, police said. James Vincent Mastroda, 35, escaped from the facility early Wednesday morning.

State police said he is considered armed and dangerous. Meanwhile, police arrested another guard, 36-year-old Albert lloldrun. and charged him with aiding in the escape and criminal conspiracy. He was jailed in lieu of $20,000 bond pending a hearing. According to a state police spokesman, Mastroda was watching television with a guard in a prison office about 3 a.m.

The guard went to another room to work on reports and failed to check on Mastroda for tour hours. When the guard returned, Mastroda was gone. Police theorize Mastroda went to the basement of the prison building and fled through an unlocked door. The state police spokesman said a gun was discovered missing from the prison, but it is not known if Mastroda took it. Mastroda is charged with five counts of murder in the Feb.

14 deaths of Luzerne County Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boyarski, Boyarski's wife and the couple's three children. Mastroda had agreed to be a prosecution witness against three others charged in the deaths and was being secretly held at the Pike County jail, according to Luzerne County Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Gillespie.

A team of trained dogs worked their way from the jail in an effort to trace Mastroda's escape route. State Police Maj. William Hankinson said. Authorities had not determined whether Mastroda fled on foot or by car, Hankinson said. A helicopter also was being used in the search.

At a preliminary hearing in May, Mastroda testified that he was paid $100 to toss a crude firebomb into the window of Boyarski's Hazle Township home. FELLOWSHIPS WASHINGTON (AP) Fellowships totaling $400,000 to 138 music composers and 11 librettists in 24 states and the District of Columbia were announced recently by the National Endowment for the Arts. The purpose of the fellowships is "to encourage American composers and librettists to create or complete new works and to assist exceptionally talented individuals in their professional development." BOLESTA Charles Bolesta, 468 W. Girard Atlas. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 9:00 a.m.

in St. Paul's Church, Atlas, with burial in Our Mother of Consolation Cemetery, Mount Carmel. Viewing will be in the C.J. Lucas Funeral Home, 27 N. Vine Mount Carmel, Friday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

and 7:00 to p.m. The Rosary will be recited Friday evening at 8:00 in the funeral home. HENNINGER Mrs. Laura Long Henninger, Box 310, East Cameron Township, Shamokin R.D. 2.

Services will be held Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Gowen City. The Rev. Charles Souders will officiate.

Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Gowen City. Farrow Funeral Directors, Sixth and Chestnut Shamokin, have charge of arrangements. There will be no hours of calling. KAUFFMAN Mrs. Sarah Florence Kauffman, 1535 W.

Independence Shamokin. Services will be held Friday at 1:00 p.m. in Farrow Funeral Home, Sixth and Chestnut Shamokin, with the Rev. Josiah H. Werner officiating.

Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Trevorton Road. Viewing will be in the funeral home Friday from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. O'DONNELL Mrs. Helen C. O'Donnell, 245 N.

Park Mount Carmel. Public funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. in the First Congregational United Church of Christ, Mount Carmel, with the Rev. Rodney A. Henrie, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Rothermel Funeral Home, 120 S. Market Mount Carmel, has charge of arrangements. There will be no public viewing. OLCHESKIE-Stanley (Braker) Olcheskie, 1410 W.

Fern Shamokin. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday morning at 10:00 in St. Stephen's Church. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery.

Viewing will be in the Campton Funeral Home, 106 W. Sunbury Shamokin, Thursday from 3.00 to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Rosary will be recited Thursday evening at 8:00 in the funeral home. SHERRICK Mrs.

Josephine V. Sherrick, 1775 Tioga Shamokin. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Church, Shamokin, with burial in the parish cemetery.

Friends and relatives may call at the Leonard J. Lucas Funeral Home, 120 S. Market Shamokin, Thursday afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 and in the evening from 7:00 to 9:00 and Friday morning until 9:15. The Rosary will be recited Thursday evening at 8:00 in the funeral home. SWALD1 Frank Swaldi, 137 W.

Saylor Atlas. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 11:00 a.m. in St. Paul's Church, Atlas. Burial will be in St.

Peter's Cemetery, Mount Carmel. Viewing will be: in the C.J. Lucas Funeral Home, 27 N. Vine Mount Carmel, Thursday evening from 6:00 to 10:00. The Rosary will be recited Thursday at 8:00 p.m.

in the funeral home. WAHOSKY Jerome Edward Wahosky, 1337 V. Arch Shamokin. Services will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in the Farrow Funeral Home, Sixth and Chestnut Shamokin, with the Rev.

James Tarr officiating. Burial will be in Northumberland Memorial Park. Stonington. There will be no hours of calling. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society.

WOMER Melvin W. Womer, 150 Center Natalie. Services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in the Willard A. Rothermel Funeral Home, 120 S.

Market Mount Carmel. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery. The Rev. H. David Loughery will officiate.

Viewing will be in the funeral home Friday evening from 6:00 to 10:00 and Saturday until time of services. In Memory of MARY WITOWSKI Who Died One Year Ago September 1 1 975 She wished no one last farwell She never said Goodbye' She was gone before we knew it And only God knows why Her busy hands are resting now Her work on earth is done; Her wort ies are ol! over now And her heavenly crown is won. The stars are shining brightly Upon a lonely grave. And in it lies a precious one We loved but could not save This date brings back sad memories Seems twice as long to us Only God knows how much we miss her She meant so much to us. The flowers we place upon her grave May wither and decay.

But the love of her who sleeps beneath Wilt never pass away Sadly Missed By CHILDREN. GRANDCHILDREN and GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN i ELYSBURG SHAMOKIN ROADARMEL FLORIST J' jl South Market Street BEVERLY'S FLOWER SHOP Dial 672-2545 1 8 East Independence St. Dial 644 1 KULPMONT HARRIS BROS. FLORISTS I Maple Avenue RHOADES' FLORIST Dial 648 4241 1463 Chestnut Street ') Dial 373 3461 CRAZE'S FLORIST I MILLER FLORIST 1 27 Independent St ji Mount Carmel Kulpmont Hwy Dial 648 428'' Dial373 3501 FLOWERS BY CARL (' 101 West Independence S' MOUNT CARMEL D.ai 644 0733 FOLLMER FLORIST SCHELL'S FLOWER SHOP i Too Thai St. eet GRATEFUL APPRECIATION We take this means of expressing appreciation for the sympathy of relatives, friends and neighbors in our bereavement.

We are especially grateful to those who sent Mass and sympathy cards, and to all who aided us in any way. Family of the Late Mary M. Chimel NOTICE THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF RALPHO TOWNSHIP Has moved to the former Elysburg Elementary School S. Market St Elysburg Dial: 672-9792.