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PAGE TWO KV'eSInG HERALD OF SHEX AXDOAH-ASHL AND-M AH AXOY ITY- SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1979 doings Picnic Mondale arrives in Pekina obituaries meeting Esther Steinheiser PEKING (LTD Vice President Walter Mondale landed in Peking Saturday for an 11-day official visit, carrying proposals for the Chinese who reportedly are unhappy with the results so far of SinoAmerican normalization. Mondale's special Air Force jet touched down at Peking International Airport EDT) He was met by his counterpart, Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-ping), yForegn Minister Huang Hua and Minister of Hydroelectric Power Chen Jung Him. Mondale said in Anchorage the proposals he carried to Peking cover a "rather substantial range" but he declined to elaborate on their substance. "I think toey (the Chinese) ought to hear it first," Mondale said. He said he hoped to "broaden and deepen" the infant SinoAmerican relations.

"Normalization can mean an awful lot or it can mean hardly anything," he said adding that President Carter wants a "normal, normal relationship, not something short of that" As Mondale is not head of state or government, the arrival of the highest ranking American official since formal diplomatic ties were established Jan. 1 was low-key Mondale stood at attention while a band played the national anthems of both countries. Then he and his Chinese hosts watched an honor guard of the Chinese army, navy and airforce march by. Several hundred police in blue trousers and white jackets ringed the field and dotted the terminal. After the welcoming ceremony, Mondale was driven into Peking to a guest house at high speed with police holding up traffic at every intersection.

Before the American vice president's arrival, Sen. Henry Jackson, also in Peking, told reporters that in talks with Chinese leaders he found unhappiness over the meagre results so far of normalization on diplomatic ties. Jackson urged that Mondale reassure the Chinese that Washington will send the ChinaU.S. trade agreement to Congress for approval wit-thout delay. The Mondales' schedule called for dinner at the Summer Palace, a lavish park filled with ornate pagodas and palaces once used by the Chinese monrachy.

The host at the dinner for eight will be Foreign Minister Huang. The intimate dinner echoes one given for Deng on the first night of his visit to the United States in January Mondale had no acivities scheduled for Sunday except to recover from jet lag, possibly by planing tennis, his press aides said. In Anchorage Mondale' called the establishment-of ChineseAmerican relations one of the major accomplishments of the Carter administration and said full implementation of the agreement is of "highest priority." "It takes some time," he said. "These things are not always automatic." Mondale spent the past month preparing for a wide range of agenda items expected to be raised Monday and Tuesday during meetings with Premier Hua, Vice Premier Deng and Vice President Feng Yi. Tumultuous times for Ell wood City State justice department carrying meeting crowd.

Two other persons were ejected; one of them had to be bodily removed when he lay down in protest. Battaglia and Geneviva claim they were arrested for "exercising their rights to speak" and were singled out by council because their wives are members of the Concerned Citizens of Ellwood City, a watchdog group closely monitoring council's actions and questioning about alleged improprieties. I Report! Splash party Friday night's splash party and dance at the Frackville pool was rained out and rescheduled for Monday evening, same time, same band, same arrangements. With the colors Barbara J. Aponick, daughter of retired Air Force Master Sergeant Wasil E.

Aponick, 62 Ellengowen, Shenandoah, recently completed S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps field training encampment at Dyess Aire Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. She is a 1977 graduate of Cardinal Brennan High School, and is a student at Wilkes College, Wilkes Barre. CF drive Volunteer leaders have been lined up for the Cycstic Fibrosis Drive during September. In addition to collecting money, they will alert people to the signs of lung-damaging ailments.

Leaders are: Mrs. frank Babinchak, Shaft; Mayor John Reese, Shenandoah, Mrs. Thomas Karpovich, Morea; Mrs. Lois Heiser, Girardville; William Paul, Mahanoy City; Mrs. Shirley Kramer, Lavelle; Cindy Merchlinsky, Gilberton; Mrs.

Rose Popalis, Shenandoah Heights; Mrs. Bonnie Fennell, Tower City; Mrs. Mary Grace Berrigan, Ashland; Mrs. Berdene Feeney, Bran-donville; Mrs. Betty Bader, Gordon; Mrs.

Helen Simms, New Boston. RINGTOWN AREA NEWS 1 MRS. MERLE KUBILUS PHONE 889-3775 1UI i i -I FIREMEN COLLECTING Ringtown Fire Company will start its annual fund drive at 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 28, with distribution of letters and envelopes. Preparations for the drive will be discussed among other business at the company's regular meeting in the firehouse at 8 p.m.

Monday. Drive Chairman George Martz commented, "The operation and maintenance, not to mention the acquisition of new equipment, is an expensive undertaking for a small fire company, and we need the support of the entire community." Anyone not receiving an envelope may contact any company member. In Memory Of A Dear Father JOHN (ABE) UHOLICK Late of 445 W.Lloyd St. Shenandoah Who Passed Away 2 Years Ago August 26, 1977 Your gentle face and patient smile, with sadness we you had a kindly word for each, and died beloved by all. The voice is mute and stilled the heart, that loved us well and true.

Ah, bitter was the trial to part, from one so good as you. You are not forgotten loved one, nor will you ever be, as long as life and memory last, we will remember We miss you now, our hearts are sore, as time goes by we miss you more. Your loving smile, your gentle face, no one can fill your vacant place. -SADLY MISSED BY DAUGHTER, VIRGINIA McBRYDE AND GRANDDAUGHTER, MICHELLE. Gordon Senior citizens enjoyed hotdogs, sauerkraut, chocolate cake, and iced tea at their picnic meeting held in Snyder's Grove.

Five new members were welcomed, including Helen Hause, Helen Kurswides, Mildred Trynosky, Christie and Steve Skocik. Margaret East, Susan Anedow, and Hilda Tielman were hostesses. Weather permitting, next meeting will also be held at the grove. Scout note All members and committee members of Shenandoah Boy Scout Troop 21 are urged to attend a meeting on Monday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Trinity United Church of Christ on West Lloyd Street, to make plans for the Labor Day weekend camping trip.

PSU class There is still time to enroll in a professional continuing education program for pharmacists which will be held September 26 at Penn State Campus in Schuylkill Haven. "Drug Product Selection" is a statewide series which consists of independent study, four monthly conference telephone presentations originating from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and group activities. Sponsored by the Pa. Pharmaceutical Association, the program is a joint effort of Duquense University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Temple University School of Pharmacy, and Penn State University. Registration must be 'completed by mail by early September.

For a description brochure and registration form, write the Pennsylvania State University, Coordinating Council Office, 501H Keller Building, University Park, 16802, or call (814) 865-1346. Firemen's big event next week The 25th annual Schuylkill County Volunteer Firemen's Association convention and parade will be conducted in Port Carbon from Aug. 26 through Sept. 1. Port Carbon's Good Will Fire Company will sponsor the event that will get under way Sunday with an ecumenical service for all deceased county firemen in the First United Methodist Church, Port Carbon.

At 9 p.m. Sunday there will be an executive meeting of the association's officers at the Good Will hose house. On Monday, Aug. 27, there will be a teen dance and on Tuesday, Aug. 28, an adult polka dance.

Highlighting the activities on Wednesday, Aug. 29, will be a display of fire and rescue equipment from communities throughout the county. The convention and banquet will be on Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mechanicsville Association Hall, with nomination of officers for 1980 to be held.

The 25th annual parade will be on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 2 p.m. with registration from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Good Will Fire Company.

County suicide Nobel Andreas, 66, of Andreas RD1, died at home Thursday of a self-inflicted shotgun wound of the head, according to Deputy Coroner GregHolley. A lifelong resident of West Penn Township, he is survivied by a brother, Mark, Lehighton RD, and five sisters, Doris Neifert of Tamaqua, Fern Haberman, Grace SteigerwalL Hilda Troxel and Marion Fritz, Andreas RD1. Kazys Skirpa Kazys Skirpa, 84, of Washington, prime minister of Lithuania for six weeks before the Nazis invaded in 1941, died August 17. Mr. Skirpa left Lithuania after the war and worked 16 years for the Library of Congress until retirement in 1965.

He was graduated from a Brussels miltiary academy and was Lithuanian army chief of staff, also military attache in Berlin in the late 1920s, later representing his country at the League of Nations. Lithuanian, which had been part of the Russian Empire, gained indepednence after WWI, but Soviet forces occupied the country in late 1939 and formed a communist government. When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Mr. Skirpa became prime minister and urged resistance to Soviet rule, but six weeks later the Germans entered Lithuania and deposed Mr. Skirpa's government.

He is survied by his wife Brone, a son Kazys and; two grandchildren in Washington. Edward McDonald Edward J. McDonald, Preston Hill, Girardville, a retired Butler Township school teacher, died Thursday in Maria Joseph Manor in Danville. Son of the late Alex and Rose Ann (Conroy) McDonald, he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and was a member of St. Joseph's Church.

Surviving are his wife, Mary; two daughters, Joan and Rory; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Carey, Newtown Square. Funeral is Monday at 9:30 from the McDonald Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 in St. Joseph's Church.

Interment in the" parish' cemetery in Fountain Springs. Viewing Sunday 7 to 9. Maurice J. McDonald has charge. FUNERALS Lura Kurtz Services for Mrs.

Lura (Smith) Kurtz, Mahanoy City, were from the Oravitz Funeral Home in Shenandoah by Rev. Ralph M. Jones, Pastor of the Primitive Methodist Church in Mahanoy City who also officiated at the interment in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Shenandoah. The Resuce Hook and Ladder Ladies Auxiliary of Shenandoah held services at the viewing. Pallbearers were Nap Ambromovage, Alex Gonzales, Walter Kraska, Frank Tragus, Michael Semko and Robert Berresford.

A. OUie B. and Stephen F. Oravitz had charge. Donna Freed James Freed Funeral services for Mrs.

Donna Freed and her son, James, of Lavelle, were from the Kull Funeral Home with Rev. James Am of the Evangelical Congregational Church of Locustdale officiating. Burial was in Christ Church Cemetery in Fountain Springs. Pallbearers were Gene Fertig, Roy Amour, Louis Mather, Roy Stroble, Robert and Donald Felker, Clarence Rebuck, Ivan, John and William Quick, Charles Orth and Robert Berson. Kull Funeral Home had charge.

Ambulance calls The. Shenandoah ambulance took Tony Wysoski, 158 Swatara Road, to the Lebanon V.A. Hospital; Max Onuschak of Brandonville, to the Geisinger Medical Center and back to his home; and Edna Clark, Brandonville, from the Good Samaritan Hospital to her home. Free heroin ends in raid DETROIT (UPI) Some things in life are free, but even the police found this one difficult to believe. Little slips of paper announced the Friday giveaway in advance: "Freak of the Week, A free one, Fri Noon" and then listed the location of a playground.

When officers also showed up at the playground they found youths were passing out dozens of packets of free heroin. Three people were arrested and 155 packets of heroin were confiscated during the raid, authorities said. Funeral services for Mrs. Donald (Esther Ruth Fritz) Steinheiser, 118 West Vine Street, Mahanoy City, are Monday at 11 from the Lamar Christ Funeral Home in Hometown with Rev. Leland Pritchard officiating.

Interment in Skyview Memorial Park, Hometown. Viewing Sunday 7 to9. Irene Schoffler Mrs. Irene Schoffler, 318 Broad Street, Fountain Springs, died this morning in the Ashland Hospital. Fritz Funeral Home has charge.

Walter Hood Walter William Hood, 1220 Market Street, Ashland, died this morning at home. Born in Gilberton, son of the late William and Martha (Gressens) Hood, he worked at the Potts Colliery and was last employed by the North Schuylkill School District. He was a member of Zion Reformed Church and the Ashland Elks. Surviving are his wife, Mae Stivitts; two sisters, Aim Paul, Ashland, Gladys Cuculis. Maryland; one brother, Luther, Danville.

Funeral is Tuesday at 1J from the Kull Funeral Home with Rev. J. Rex Thomas of. Zion Reformed Church officiating. Interment in Christ Church Cemetery in Fountain Springs Viewing Monday 6 to Card of Thanks.

66! In Appreciation We wish to express oar- appreciation to relatives; friends, casketbearecs for; Mass and sympathy cards, use; of cars, flowers and other kind acts during our sorrow, the death of Anna Serakas. Kosloskv And Seralias Families I LEWIS KURTZ and the Smitlf family wish to express their sincere appreciation for alj understanding gestures, clergy, floral tributes, messages of sympathy and condolence, organizations, donors of funeral cars, pallbearers and for all acts of personal kindness offered during their sorrow, the death of Mrs. Lura (Smith) Kurtz. THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Donna and James Freed wishes to express heartfelt gratitude for all understanding gestures, sympathy cards, messages of condolence, floral tributes, donors of funeral cars, pallbearers and for all kind acts shown during their sorrow.

Obituaries 68 MEMBERS OF Mahanoy ity High School Class of 1953 meet tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. at Haughney Funeral Home to pay last to departed classmate Theresa Betchker) McFarland. MEYER Albert Longview Terrace, Ashland R.D. Funeral Monday at 9:30 from the Kull Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 in Sf.

Mauritius Church. Interment in the parish cemetery. Friends may call Sunday evening. In lieu of flowers, donationavare requested to the Memorial Fund of St. Mauritius Church.

Kull Funeral Home has charge, MCFARLAND-Theresa betchker) W. Pine Mahanoy City. Funeral Monday 9:30 Haughney Funeral Home. Mass 10 a.m. Assumption BVM Church.

Viewing Sunday 7 tp 9 p.m. In- ternment Parish Cemetery. Oravitz in charge. STEINHEISER Mrs. Donald (Esther Ruth Fritz) 118 West Vine Street, Mahanoy City.

Funeral Monday at from the Lamar Christ Funeral Home in Hometdwn. Interment in Skyview Memorial Park in Hometown. Friends 'jhay call Sunday 7 to 9. Lamar Christ Funeral Home: -has charge. McDONALD Preston Hill, Girardville.

Funeral Monday at' from the McDonald Fifaeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 in St. Joseph's Church. Interment in j-the parish cemetery in Fountain Springs. Friends' mayall Sunday 7 to 9.

Maurice J. McDonald has charge. These are tumultuous times in this Lawrence County community especially for the Ellwood City government. State and federal authorities are investigating allegations of corruption, kickbacks and police brutality; one lawsuit against borough officials has been filed and at least three others may be, and citizens are howling mad over alleged dishonesty among elected officials. A council meeting earlier this week brought the situation to a head.

When an estimated 300 angry citizens jammed the 60-seat auditorium to voice their displeasure, two were arrested and two others were ejected. Family crosses to W. Germany in stolen plane KRONACH, West Germany (UPI) An East German stole a plane and flew with his family across the border into West' Germany Friday, sitting at the controls of a motor plane for the first time in his life. Flying at tree-top level for 56 miles, he crossed the border without being spotted by East German radar control. The 43-year-old engineer, a hobby glider plane pilot, landed safely in a field' in' southeast West Germany, despite being forced to land without instrument control because of technical problems.

The fugitive, his 32-year-old wife and their sons, 10 and 13 respectively, landed unharmed. The family, whose names were withheld by police, have no relatives in West Germany. The aeronautics engineer told border police he hoped to get a job in his line of work. Traffic expert almost killed SAO PAULO, Brazil (UPI) -France sent a traffic safety expert to Brazil to find ways the South American nation could lower its highway death toll and the troubleshooter nearly got killed trying. Christian Gerondeau, secretary general of France's InterMinisterial Committee for road safety, had a close shave with a van speeding through a red light that almost ran over him while he surveyed Sao Paulo intersections on foot Thursday afternoon.

Gerondeau, known as "Mr. Highway Safety" by his fellow Frenchmen, has been in Brazil all week giving tips on how to reduce traffic deaths. Brazil needs all the help it can get because it has one of the world's highest traffic death tolls. DAV meeting A meeting of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 31 of Shenandoah will be Wednesday, August 29 at 7:30 p.m. at headquarters, 14 North White Street.

Pa. Lottery PITTSBURGH (UPI) The winning number selected Friday in the Pennsylvania Daily Lottery was 001. In Memory Of My Dear Husband JOHN (ABE) UHOLICK Late of 445 W. Lloyd Shenandoah Who Passed Away 2 Years Ago August 26, 1977 It broke my heart to lose you, But you did not go alone, For part of me went ith you, The day God called you home. A million times I needed you, A million times I cried; II love could haw saved you, You never would have died.

-SADLY MISSED BY WIFE, ARM investigators are looking into alleged illegal narcotics and gambling activities in Ellwood and the alleged removal of beer from a railroad car by the borough police department. The police chief and mayor reportedly admitted to the removal of the beer one month after it occurred and made restitution. The FBI reportedly is looking into a referral fee scandal that occurred in June 1978 in which the borough's solicitors allegedly received one-third of the fees paid a Washington D.C. law firm working on a federal case against a utility. The borough manager discovered the alleged impropriety when he inadvertently opened a letter addressed to City Solicitor Nick A.

Frisk Jr. Borough Secretary Mary Ann Fleo had already announced she will sue Council President Ricardi Gatto and Councilmen Stanley Balin, Nicholas Gatto and Patsy Tomasetti for libel and violation of her constitutional rights. Mrs. Fleo said the four have accused her without filing charges of forgery with intent to defraud the borough by signing Gatto's name to checks approved by council and have tried to fire her. She claims Gatto gave her1' permission to sign his name whenever he was unavailable and bills had to be paid.

UCP center class begins September 4 United Cerebral Palsy's Special Needs Development Center, 210 South Centre Street, Pottsville, will begin fall cfasses on Tuesday, September 4. The center is for preschoolers, ages birth to five, who evidence developmental delay and who reside in Schuylkill County. United Cerebral Palsy is a member agency of the Southern Schuylkill United Way. The development center receives funding through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (E.S.E.A.) Title 1 P.L. 89-313 and the Schuyulkill County Office of Mental HealthMental Retardation.

All educational and therapeutic services are provided at no cost to parents. Daily activities include structured learning and play in the following areas of development: communication, socialization, self-help skills, fine and gross motor development. Parents who know or suspect that their child needs help can call United Cerebral Palsy and request an evaluation. The children are screened and tested by a multi-disciplinary team including special education teachers, teacheris associates, speechlanguage therapist, physical and occupational therapist (COTA). Further information can be obtained and evaluations can be scheduled through Carol Keating, Director of Day Care Services.

(622-7920) Anniversaries Happy anniversary to: Dr. George and Margaret (Johnson) Ricchiuti of 335 East Centre Street, Mahanoy City, their 29th. They have a daughter Janice.RN. In Memory Of A Dear Father JOHN A. UHOLICK Late of 445 W.Lloyd St.

Shenandoah Who Passed Away August 26, 1977 His Memory is as dear today, As in the hour he passed away. -Sadly Missed By Son, Daughter In Law, and Grandchildren. The two men arrested during the heated meeting, Samuel Battaglia and Frank Geneviva, said they have notified the American Civil Liberties Union in Pittsburgh and will decide soon whether to file suit against the councilmen. Both men were ejected from the Tuesday night meeting and charged with defiant trespassing and disturbing a public meeting. State police were summoned to join local forces in attempts to control the Vocal, sign up Hospita LOCUST MOUNTAIN Admissions; Shenandoah: Paul Fromm.

Mahanoy City John Blum. Discharges: Shenandoah Heights: Neilly DeAngelo. Ringtown: William Wahalec. Dispensary: Shenandoah: Helen Fanelli, back injury; Francis Arant, Paul Pecunas, medical; Michael Pietkiewicz, dog bite of leg; Joseph Krishisky, finger injury. Shenandoah Heights: John Lorman, knee laceration; Robert Sherakas, rib injury.

Mahanoy- George Zamborski, eye injury; Edward Teichman, medical. Ringtown: John Day, hand injury; Robert Drumheller, eyebrow laceration; Deborah Marconi, elbow and toe injuries. Shaft: Edward Mocknis, hand in jury. St. Clair: Thomas Adam-chick, eye injury.

Hazleton: Stephen Bugda, abdomen injury. Palmyra: Brenda Strominsger, scalp injury. ASHLAND HOSPITAL Admissions: Ashland: Sandra Richards. Frackville: Sam Oliva. Girardville: Thomas Reichwein.

Mahanoy City: Mary Sheehan. Shaft: Connie Romanuski. Shenandoah: Margaret Peca. Discharges: Ashland: Ann Feher, Anna Romeo, Robert Guinther. Aristes: Merlin Levan.

Centralia: Grace McNealis and baby boy. Girardville: James Neary. Mahanoy City: James Whalen, Jacob Koelzer, Mary McQuade. Dispensary: Ashland: David Brown, shoulder injury John Marqte, insect bite; James Martin, hand injury. Centralia: Charles Lapotsky, thumb injury.

Ft. Springs: Kenneth Martin, shoulder injury. Girardville: Robert Guin- iner, snoumer injury; ueooran Whipple, puncture wound of scalp, multiple facial abrasions, Mahanoy City: Donna Paul, multiple abrasions. POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL Admissions: Cressona: Leroy Zimmerman Pottsville: Linda Rickard, June Collins, Francis King Port Carbon: Marian Bebelheimer, Barbara O'Connor Mahanoy City: Elsie Tolan Schuylkill Haven: Robert Klatz, Marguerite McGrath, Wayne Marx Minersville: John Murphy Frackville: LeoPolinsky Discharges: Pottsville: Ann Mae Hoy, Laura Olsen, Curt Shelham-mer, Thomas Allench, Sandra Schreffler, Michael Antonucci, Bonnie Hrichak, Hilda Quinnell Tamaqua: Nellie Kropovich St. Clair: Edward Garrity, Ronald Burbank, Elizabeth Charlock, James Hesse Mahanoy City: JohnSheeler Heckshersville: Edward O'Connor Minersville: James Beury, Elizabeth Sericola Ashland: Concetta Dizio GOOD SAMARITAN Admissions: Port Carbon: Edward Bachert, Eugene Rountree Pottsville: Richard Cairns, Bertha Gross, Helen Kosco, Marie Kostishak, William Roth Middleport: Jacob Curvey Mahanoy City: Ann Fisher Frackville: Laura Morgan Discharges: Schuylkill Haven: Elizabeth Bartnickie, Lawrence Emerich Pottsville: Clyde Chipman, Jenny Hughes, John Klinger Ringtown: Edna Clarke Minersville: Marl Freeze, MichaelMaley Gordon: Linda Garland FraeKytller, Irene Kamarousky Ashland: Patricia Madonna Mahanoy City: Theresa Micalonis Birthdays Happy birthday to: Joseph Smith, 34 West Spruce Street, Mahanoy City, his 12th.

Mr and Mrs. Joseph Smith. Harry Hillibush, 2 Maple Hill, he's 87. son of Mrs. and Mrs.

Joseph Smith of 34 West Spruce Street, Mahanoy City, his 18th. Rick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buhl, I Woodland Heights, Ashland, his ninth. Jack Scully Jr.

of Lodi, New Jersey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scully of 32 West Mahanoy Street, Mahanoy City. Paul Lahutsky of 20 East Mahanoy Street, Mahanoy City. Catherine (Silliman) Curley of 37 North Main Street, Mahanoy City.

Eugene, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kufrovich, 537 West Centre City, his 17th. Ann Tertel of 324 West South Street, Mahanoy City. Jean (Tregellas) Maliniak of Pottsville.

Ronald Rismiller of 212 East Mahanoy Street, Mahanoy City, on Sunday. Roland C. Thomas, 211 South Jardin Street, Shenandoah, on Sunday. Heather, daughter of Paul and Eileen Picunas, 411 East Lloyd Mreet, Shenandoah, a student of the Diane Holden School of Dance and future kindergarten student at Annunciation School, her 5th. Bernadette, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Geguzis, 624. West Eighth Street, Hazleton, her 7th. Her parents are former Shenandoah residents. Jennifer Lynn, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Preneta, 233 West Coal Street, Shenandoah, her 5th. Paul, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, 34 West Spruce Street, Mahanoy City, his 12th.

Jim Stauffer of Brandonville. He has a son, Jimmy. John son of John and Cheryl Powis, 120 South Center Frackville, his 6th. He will enter first grade at North Schuylkill. James, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Martin Loftus, 210 East Pine Street, Mahanoy City, his 17th, Sunday. He is a member of the Mahanoy Area Band. Who's new A son to Steve and Theresa (Hornberger) Kostello, 42 North Second Street, St. Clair, on August 24 in the Pottsville Hospital.

THANK YOU! Mrs. Thomas Utaras and Family wish to thank everyone, especially family, neighbors, friends for their many acts of kindness, Mass cards, messages of sympathy and flowers. Thank you also to pallbearers and members of American Legion Post 309 for all gestures of kindness during their sorrow, the death of Thomas Utaras. i i THE CLARENCE I BMI017 FUNERAL HOME RINGTOWN Will Continue To Serve The Community As It Has For The Pest 75 Yecrs, Under The Supervision Of STEPHEN F. ORAVITZ SIGHED: AI1I1A D.

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