The Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 24

2D THE TIMES LEADER, Wilkes-Barrt, Friday, January MB Obituary 0 Theodore C. Wells Henry Jablonski rv. Bessie Atwood, noted teacher, dead at age 91 Miss Bessie G. Atwood, 91, of Lis- "bon. died Wednesday at Manor Nursing Home in Lewis-ton, Me.

Miss Atwood, a well-known educator in the Wilkes-Barre area, served as teacher and assistant to the headmaster at the former Wilkes-Barre Academy and Wyoming Seminary A 7 4 it1 A A (P LOMTSlMtO) Police investigators surround the body of Frank day afternoon. Narduccl died of eight gunshot "Chickie" Narducci, alleged underworld figure who wounds from a weapon fired at close range, accord-was shot to death, apparently as he got out of a fam- ing to police. ily car near his South Philadelphia home late Thurs- Frank Chickie' Narducci i i 1 death in sharking and gambling investigation that resulted in Narducci's trial. Testa, who allegedly took over the crime organization after Bruno's death, was killed three weeks after his indictment when a bomb exploded on his front porch last March 15. The case is a result of a fiveyear investigation of the socalled Bruno organization.

Jury selection continued for a second day Thursday, but no jurors were seated. Thomas Carroll, Narducci's attorney, said: "We parted company at 5 p.m. at (he courthouse." "There was no indication that any-, thing like this was in the cards," Carroll said, explaining that Narducci hadn't said anything aboul his life being in danger. The attorney said Narducci felt he had a strong defense prepared for his upcoming trial and that he felt confident he would be acquitted. "He was in good spirits and was Theodore C.

Wells, 170 Shoemaker Swoyersville, died Thursday morning at home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was, the son of the late Mr.i andj Mrs. Chester Wielpiszewski. He resided in Forty "Fort for 40 years before "moving" to Swoyersville 12 years ago. He attended Forty Fort schools.

He was owner of People's Market, Forty Fort He was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Church, Swoyersville; its Holy Name Society; Bishop William J. Haf- ey Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights rCoIumbus; past Urand Knighr6T" Assumpta Council 3987; member of, the Order of Alahmbra; the board of directors of Wyoming Valley Distrib- uting Co. permanent member of Fraternal Order of Police. Surviving are his wife, the former Georgette Potaski; sons, Theodore Wyoming; Robert U.S.. Marine Corps, Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii; daughters, Ms.

Jane Wells-Schooley, Allentown and Washington, D.C.; Ms. Nancy Wells-Hartinger, Allentown; brothers, Dr. A.G. Wilpizeski, Naples, Fla. Henry Wilpizeski, Forty Robert Wells, Boca Raton, Dr.

Chester Wilpizeski, West Chester; sisters, Mrs. Ann Kay, San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. Hedwig Kiwak, Forty Fort. Funeral will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

from John J. Baloga Funeral Home, 1442 Wyoming Forty Fort, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10 in Holy Name of Jesus Church. Interment, St. Mary's Maternity Wyoming. Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. by the Holy Name Society, Assumpta Council 3987 Knights of Columbus, and Bishop Hafey Assembly, Fourth Degree. Isadore Leibman Isadore pf RDV1, Wapwallopen, died early Thursday morning in the Jewish Home of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Scranton, where he had been a guest for the past six months. Mr. Leibman.

came to this country from Russia 70 years ago and settled in the Heights section of Wilkee-Barre. He operated a re.tail grocery store and later became a produce merchant. Mr. Leibman was a past officer of the Workmen's Circle, Branch No. 113, and was a member of its cemetery committee at the time of his, death.

-1 Surviving are children, Harry, Los Angeles', David, Sinking Springs, Pa. Eli, New York City N.Y.; Mrs. Betty Weiss, Wilkes-Bafre; seven grandchildren; 14 great- grandchildren. Funeral will be Friday at 12 noon from the. Rosenberg Funeral Chapel, J48 River Wilkes-Barre.

Inter- ment inThe" Workmen's Tifcle section" of Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Shavertown. Rabbi Abraham Yeret will officiate. Theresa I McDonough Miss Theresa McDonough, of Camp formerly of Edwardsville and Larksville, 'died Wednesday in -Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Born in Edwardsville, she was a daughter of the late John and Ann Corcoran McDonough. She attended Edwardsville schools and was employed for many years by the Bell Telephone Co.

Miss McDonough was a member of St. Ignatius Church, Kingston, and its Altar and Rosary Society; the Telephone Pioneers; and the Ladies Christian Benevolent Association. Surviving "are a niece, Mrs. Rita Schumacher, Camp Hill; nephews, Thomas McDonough, Worcester, John McDonough, Batavia, Ohio. Funeral will be Saturday at 9 a.m.

from the John J. Maher Funeral Home, 360 N. Maple Kingston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9: 30 in St. Ignatius Church. Interment, parish cemetery, Pringle.

Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Erastus C. Deal Jr. Erastus C. "Charlie" Deal 67, of 671 Linley Longboat Key, a former resident of Huntsville, died Sunday, Sept.

20, 1981, at home. Born in Baltimore, he resided in Longboat Key the 'past 20 years. He was a graduate of the Augusta Military Academy in Virginia and attended the University of Virginia. He was a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, serving during World War II and the Korean War as a pilot and base commander.

Mr. Deal served in the Royal Canadian Air Force prior to World War II. He was a member of the Air Force Association, the New York Hangar Wing of the Quiet Birdman and the Retired Officers Association. Surviving is a brother, Louis of Longboat Key, Fla. WHEN WORDS FAIL SEND FLOWERS VASES FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT PECK'S FLORAL RTE, 11 LARKSVIUi 283-0661 Henry J.

Jablonski, 52, of 142 W. South Nanticoke, died Wednesday evening in Veterans Administration Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre. He was born in Nanticoke, son of the late Joseph and Catherine Klach Jablonski. He was an Army veteran of -the Korean Conflict. Mr.

Jablonski was formerly employed by Keyco Distributing Hanover Twp. He was a member of St. Stanislaus Church, Nanticoke; and Shawnee Post 32 DAV. His wife, the former Betty West, died several years ago. Summerfield, Mrs.

Amelia Brown, both of Nanticoke; Mrs Celia Snar-ski, with whom he resided; brother, Edward, Nanticoke. Funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m. from Ear! W. Lohman Funeral Home, 14. W.

Green Nanticoke, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 in St. Stanislaus Church. Interment, parish cemetery, Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Mrs. Rondell Mann Mrs.

Rondell H. Mann, 74, of 1000 Old Dixie Highway, Jupiter, died Tuesday in Jupiter. Mrs. Mann moved to Florida in 1960 from Bridgeport, Ct. She was originally from the Wilkes-BarreNanticoke area.

Her William died in 1980. i Surviving are daughters, Eleanor Neigh, Jupiter; Nancy Conners, Bridgeport, Margaret Evans, Newtown, Helen Jones, Jupiter; son, William F. Mann, Newtown, sisters, Mrs. Edna Meyers, Mrs. Ellen Hughes, Mrs.

Gertrude Betsa, all of the Wilkes-Barre area; Mrs. Margaret Davies, Long Island; brother, Lincoln Hughes, Wilkes-Barre; eight grandchildren. Funeral will be Saturday at a.m. from the Village Funeral Home, Jupiter, with the Rev. George Hopkins, D.D., officiating.

Donations, if desired, may made in Mrs. Mann's name to the First Southern Methodist Jupiter, Fla. Clinton Beary Clinton Beary, 64, of 177 Welch Niagara, Falls, N.Y., died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital, Niagara Fails. Born in Plains, he was a son of the --late Andrew and Louise Fenton Bear-y. He resided in Niagara Falls about 40 years and was employed by -Dupont and Co.

Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Cobrun, a native of Forty Fort; daughters, Mrs. Ida(McNulty, Niagara at home; sisters, jand brothers, Mrs- Ruth Sudnick, Hudson Mrs Teola EJustice7 Plains; Mrs. Clara Miller and John, both of Niagara palls; Mrs. Charlotte Miller, Baltimore, Robert, Florida. Funeral will be held in Niagara Falls.

Colleges (Continued from Page ID) PHEAA and the federal Pell Grant Program-are the two basic aid programs available to students. Grants are awarded on the basis of the applicant's financial need, and other such as th pumber of credit hours carried. In 1981-82, the maximum allowable PHEAA grant is $1,350, down from $1,500 in 1980-81. The ceiling for Pell grants is down from $1,800 last year. Guaranteed Student Loan Program loans, which carry 9 percent interest, are available up to $2,500.

Local administrators say despite dwindling state and federal revenue sources, financial assistance is available for those who truly need it. EOC Project Director Patricia Y. Pisaneschi said eligibility requirements are expected to tighten. Home (Continued from Page ID) Mrs. Hanshumaker said she's not happy with the township's course of action so far.

"They're not doing their job," she said. "If this were standing next to Henry Nork's or Mike Mengak's house it would have been torn down long ago. I don't understand why it's been allowed to go on this far." Nork and Mengak are the two members of the board of supervisors who have been in office since the fire. Mulderig said that tearing- down the ruin would cost the township thousands of dollars. Price is still a resident of the Mountaintop area, living in Horizon Village in Wright Twp.

However, he called the township's proposed action "political" and said the officials can take him to court if they want. "They can do what they want to do," said Price, who rents out properties. "The whole thing revolves around politics. There are other houses like that up here and they don't do -anything to School for 42 years. She attended Gorman State Teacher's College, Gorman, and re ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University.

In addition, she had studied at various colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. She began her teaching career at the Peppermint Corner School, Lisbon," le. Atwood also taught at various schools in Maine, Massachusetts and New Jersey before coming to Wilkes-Barre. 0 In June, 1971, nine years after her: retirement, Atwood was honored in a surprise luncheon by representative classes of her students at the Westmoreland Club. She had returned to Wilkes-Barre to present the first annual Bessie G.

Atwood Award for excellence in English. "She was just about the best teacher we had ever seen," said Marion Cruikshank, a co-administrator at the Wilkes-Barre Day Schooi: "She could teach anything," said Cruikshank, "math, French, English, she could do it all." In making a gift presentation to Atwood at her retirement luncheon, former Atty. R. Lawrence Coughlin said "taught people not only academically but spiritually as well." Surviving are nieces, Mrs. Frank Snlaine.

Sabaftus. Mrs. Gordon Parks, Lewiston; Mrs. Stephen Traf-ton, Auburn; nephews, Albert and Elbert Millet, both of Lisbon. The body will be cremated and a memorial service will be held at Lisbon Cemetery in the spring.

Memorials can be made to the Bessie G. Atwood Scholarship Fund in care of the Wyoming Seminary Lower School, 1560 Wyoming Forty Fort, 18704. Raymond Parker Raymond Parker, of Media, a former resident of Tioga Avenue, Kingston, died Jan. 3 in Media. He was a retired employee of the former Wilkes-Barre Transit Co.

Surviving are his wife, Naomie; daughter, Mrs. Virgil Douglass; sister, Mrs. Marion Yurko, Plymouth; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. -4- Funeral-will be Friday in Freeland Cemetery. Funerals COCCIA Mrs.

Concett'a, 310 Mary Old Forge, Saturday, 9 a.m., Victor M. Ferri Funeral Home, 522 Fallon Old Forge. DADLEY Mrs. Mary formerly of 305 Pine Hanover section of Nanticoke, Friday, 9 a.m., Gront-kowski Funeral Home, 51-53 W. Green Nanticoke.

i DONACHIE William of South Memorial Highway, Trucksville, Friday, 10 a.m., Harold C. Snow- uun runerai nome, iw fli. wjain Shavertown. GRUVER Fred, 213 Cooper Courtdale, Friday, 11 a.m., Hugh B. Hughes and Son Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Forty Fort.

HUFFSMITH Mrs. Bertha 140 Rock Hughestown, Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Frank A. Gubbiotti Fu- neral Home, 1030 Wyoming Exeter. LEWIS Miss Belva, of the United Methodist Home for. the Aging, Tunkhannock, Friday, 11 a.m..

Homer E. Graham Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Mountaintop. MCCARTHY Mrs. Florinel Walsh.

51 Church Pittston, Friday, 8: 30 a.m., Donnelly-Callahan Funeral Home, 802 Susquehanna West Pittston. McGARRY Mrs. Agnes, 227 Ged-: ding Avoca, Saturday, 9 a.m., A fl'MalW Fnnoral Unma 790 Main Avoca. SCHAFF Rev. Clyde Malaga Camp Ground, N.J.: former Meth odist minister in the Wyoming Val-" ley area, graveside services, Saturday, 1 p.m., Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst.

WARAKOMSKI Donald RD 3, Box 189K, Lehighton, Saturday, 9 a.m., urontKowsKi uneral Homer" 51-53 W. Green Nanticoke. WENGRYN Mrs. Irene Cof RD 1, Box 88, Wapwallopen, Friday, 9 a.m., George A. Strish Inc! Funeral Home, 211 W.

Main Glen Lyon. YAKUBOWSKI Paul Inkefman Trailer Court, 'Pittston, Friday, 9 a.m., Corcoran Funeral Home, 20 S. Main Plains. 0t tr et planning to resume (court proceedings) tomorrow (Friday)," Carroll said. The other -defendants include Joseph Ciancaglini, 47; Henry "Hunchback" Riccobene, 71; Mario "Sonny" Riccobene, half-brother; Joseph Bongiovanni, 35; Charles Warrington, 40; Pasquale Spirito, 42, and Frank Primerano, 43, all Philadel-.

phia. Narduqci was shot as he was ap-: parently getting out of his car, a late-model Cadillac Seville belonging to his wife. "He probably didn't even stand up Chitwood. Narducci had parked his car be hind his along Curtin Street by an alley leading to his house at the other end of the row. His body lay on the sidewalk beside the open car door until he was dead by Assistant, Medical Examiner Dr.

Robert J. Segal Hay said officials have mentioned several names as possible heads of Philadelphia's underworld. "Is it going to be (Nicodemo) Scarfo, or will it maybe be 'Frankie Flowers (Frank D'Alfonso)? We don't know." "Little Nicky" Scarfo is reportedly heavily involved in Atlantic City underworld operations. He is currently facing a two-year prison sentence on weapons violations, Hay said. "Scarfo has always struck me as a little more career-oriented; if you will," Hay said.

"Frankie Flowers doesn't seem as interested in getting as involved in all the things the job would take." Prior to the Narducci and Testa alleged Philadelphia crime, boss Ahgelo Bruno was shot outside his south Philadelphia home in March 1980. Officials have said his death triggered a series of underworld mur- ders. On April 18, 1980, two Bruno lieutenants in northern New Jersey, Anto-nio "Tony Bananas" Caponigro end his brother-in-law, Alfred Salerno, were found in the trunks of two-abandoned cars, their bodies stabbed and shot. On Sept. 19, 1980, Bruno's cousin, John "Johnny Keys" Simone, allegedly head of the family's numbers racket, was shot and killed.

On Oct! 30, 1980, Frank Sindone, a Bruno associate said to be in charge of loansharking, was found in an alley, shot twice in the head. On Dec. 16, 1980, roofers union leader John MoCullough, boss' of the city's toughest union and a close Bruno friend, was shot six inside his home by two men carrying Christmas flowers. CALL 829-7130 1 3 Officials now wonder about mob leadership is shot to PHILADELPHIA (AP) Reputed organized crime figure Frank "Chickie" Narducci was shot to death in an "organized crime hit" as he returned to his south Philadelphia home from federal court Thursday, police said. Narducci, 49, was shot "at least eight times at point-blank range," ap- parently as he was getting out of his car around the 'corner from the brick rowhouse where he lived with his family, according to Det.

Michael Chitwood. Narducci had left the courthouse, where he and seven other men facing federal -charges of loanshark-ing and racketeering, about .5 p.m., Chitwood said. The shooting occurred between 5:15 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.. when police were called.

"Whoever did it was right on top of him," said Chitwood, noting that powder burns were found in the back of Narducci's brown raincoat. Narducci was shot five times in the back, once in the face, once in, the left chest and once in the left wrist, Chitwood said. No one else was injured, and police said they had no witnesses to the kill- which occurred on tiny Curtin Street in the spotless and well-kept Italian neighborhood sandwiched be-, tweeh the expressway to New Jersey and Veterans Stadium. "That's where it's at: Nobody knows nothing, said Chitwood. "It was strictly an organized crime hit," he said.

Narducci was the eighth alleged crime figure in Philadelphia to be as--sassinated since the shotgun slaying of the alleged local crime boss, Ange-lo Bruno, 69, on March 21, 1980. "There's not many more said Chitwood. "Organized crime will soon be a thing of the past in Philadelphia." Ironically, the last, victim before Narducci, Philip "Chicken Man" Tes- -ta, also had been indicted in the loan-Old Forge man killed in crash SCRANTON yk 41-year-old man from Old Forge was killed Thursday about 11 p.m. when his car rolled over on Interstate 81 near Moosic. John O'Boyle, 501 N.

Main was pronounced dead on arrival at the Scranton State General Hospital following the accident. State police at Du'nmore said -O'Boyle was pinned under his car after It veered off the roadway, struck a rock embankment and rolled over. Police said the accident is under investigation, but they did not yet know what caused it. O'Boyle had been traveling north on 81 when the accident occurred. No one else was in the vehicle at the According to a hospital spokeswoman, Lackawanna County Coroner William Sweeny is scheduled to perform an autopsy on the victim this morning.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The shooting death of Frank Narducci on Thursday the latest in a series of reputed organized crime hits has officials wondering where" this leaves the city's underworld. "I think the mob is badly frag-, mented and weakened," said Wallace Hay, executive, director of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission. "I think they're losing power. It's not clear what will happen now." Narducci, 49, allegedly a gambling kingpin and "one of the last few" reputed major crime figures in the city, was gunned down outside his' south Philadelphia rowhouse around 5:30 p.m. His body was found riddled by eight bullets beneath a family car, about a half-hour after he.

left a federal courthouse where he and seven othr ers were about to go on trial on loan sharking and racketeering charges. Hay said the city's underworld has gone through several changes ever since alleged crime leader Philip "Chicken Man" Testa was killed in a bomb blast on his south Philadelphia front porch last March. "The mob has been a kaleidoscope of -shifting sands since then," Hay i said. "With each death, it seems to get, less and less clear who's in charge." Hay said Narducci's death has left officials further puzzled as to1 whom will run organized crime in.Philadel-phia. "The thought struck, me just a few days ago that we really don't know who is in charge," Hay said.

'Usually, someone would assume control three to six months after someone gets knocked off. That didn't happen -after Testa, though." CLASSIFIED ADS I I I.