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BAMBUXG "fyxJVv Mx, i or thi out tcfwwi grit gonntu ndrpnidriil ROBERT L. BIALASZEWSKI 1 Prayers were said in the John J. Kaczor Funeral Home, Blasdell, yesterday, Wednesday, morning followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Francis of Assisi Church, Athol Springs, for Robert L. Bialaszewski of Oxford Terr, who died Dec.

31 in his 48th year. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery, Armor. A crane operator for the Rpt hlehpm Steel Mr. Obituaries CARL B. MOTZ Services were held Saturday in the L.

Floyd Hess Funeral Home on Main St. for Carl B. MoU, 73, of Athol Springs, a retired drafting engineer, church and Masonic leader, who died Dec. 28 following a long illness. The Rev.

David Persons, pastor Thursday, January 5, 1978 Official Newspaper for the Town of Hamburg, Village of Hamburg Village of North Collins, Town of Boston, Town of Eden, Frontier Central School District, Hamburg Central School District No. 1 Hopevale Union Free School District and area improvement districts RICHARD C. ALLEN, Editor Published every Thursday of the year by the HAMBURG SUN at 59 Maia 9U, Hamburg N.Y., 14075 Telephone 649-4040 Foaaded by Richard C. Allen, Helen Faux AUen and Anna Faux White SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $5.00 per year-SINGLE COPY 15 cents. Entered as second class matter October 30, 1945 at the Post Office at Hamburg, New York, under the act of March 3, 1879 1978-Year Of The Dollar MINNARD T.

RUSSELL Prayers were said in Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Athol Springs on Tuesday morning followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in SS. Peter Paul Church for Minnard T. Russell of Sterling Rd. who died Dec. 31 in his 62nd year.

Burial was in Lakeside Memorial Park. Mr. Russell was retired from the Bethlehem Steel Corp. The husband qf the late Grace 'Ann Pfippl heis survived by two daughters, Mrs. 'ihomasl llogiTS and Mrs.

Keith Reynolds, a son, Minnard Russell, a sister, Mrs. Norbert Lehner, a brother, Thomas Russell and six grandchildren. Mr. Russell was also a brother of the late Robert Russell. GEORGE H.

WHEELER Prayers were said in the Donald M. Demmerley Funeral Home on Pierce on Monday morning followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in SS. Peter Paul Church for George H. Wheeler of Taylor Rd. who died Dec.

29 in his 79th year. Interment was in the church cemetery. A retired worker for the Economy Reduction Mr. Wheeler in recent years was an attendant at the John E. Gahr service station at.

Union and Buffalo Sts. He was a member of Local No. 34, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers. The husband of the late Marion Perrino Wheeler, he is survived by a son, George H. Wheeler and a sister, Mrs.

Alice Finkbejner. r. Wheeler was also a brother of the late Delle, rover, John, Alton, Alfred and Lumen Wheeler and Mrs. Florence Peiffer. THOMAS R.

LISTON Memorial services were held in the W.L. Froehley Funeral Home on Lake St. on Tuesday Tor Thomas R. Liston of North St. who died Dec.

30 in his 69lh year, with the Very Rev. George C. Ruof, rector of Trinity Episcopal Churchofficiat-ing- Mr. Liston was a retired chemist from the former National Aniline Corp. and for many years was active in the Hamburg Little Theater.

The husband of the late Lucile Anderson Liston, he is survived by ar son, Terrance R. Liston of Hamburg, two brothers, James G. of Renton, Wash, and Edward J. Liston of Mukilteo, Wash, and a sister, Mrs. Howard Moore of Kent, Wash.

Greater Hamburg residents in the year 1978, and their elected and appointed leaders at both village and town levels, face a year of challenge we call it the Year of the Dollar. Still to be averted is the threat of perhaps further Bethlehem Steel retrenchments. Means must be found to halt the spiraling costs of government at every level, local, county, state and national. And the final solution lies with "all us little guys" who must make firm demands for government economy, even at the expense of some services. The big problem here, and throughout the country, is one of pure economics.

Ways must be found to create employment opportunities and put the brakes on state and federal spending and costly mandates which are bankrupting the taxpayer and local govaiunenta. It's basically, to paraphrase a Chinese saying: "The Year of the DoHar." Bialaszewski was a member of Local ytti'A. unit T5- America, Loyal Order of Moose No. 992 and the Lockslev Park Taxpayers Association. Surviving are his former Mary Karwacki, three1 daughters, Mrs.

Richard Benner, Susan and Debra Bialaszewski, a son, Robert Bialaszewski, a brother, Daniel Bialaszewski, a sister, Mrs. John Roslowski and several nieces and nephews. MRS. WILLIAM EMMERT Services were held in Colonial Memorial Chapels, Lackawanna yesterday, Wednesday, morning for Mrs. Florence E.

Emmert of the Blair House Apartments who died Jan. 1 in her 82nd year. The Very Rev. George C. Ruof, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, officiated with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Armor.

Mrs. Emmert was a member of the Hamburg Senior Citizens CTub. The widow of the late William Emmert, the late Bradley Hafner and the late Edward McGuire, Mrs. Emmert Is survived by two sons, Edward McGuire and Bradley Hafner, a daughter, Mrs. Donald Ketterer, two stepsons, John and Donald Emmert, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Emmert was also a sister of the late Clara Kogler and Lydia Pantle. MRS. JACOB KISTER Services are being held in the W.L. Froehley Funeral Home on Lake St.

this afternoon (Thursday) at Mrs. Maybelle F. Kister, formerQvoi- Hamburg, who died Jan. 1 in Holly, in her 86th year. The Rev.

L. Alden Smith, pastor of Hamburg United Methodist Church, is officiating with burial in Lakeside Memorial Park. The widow of the late Jacob Kister, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Francis Wakelee and Mrs. Clayton Hund, 12 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Letters to tTtlTAII I- a iin reserves the right to edit or reject the Editor fsa ant Anan sticuiiaaisn TKa all material. Letters must be signed ind tne writer must give nis aaaress aitnougn me writer name win not oe used if he so requests. Anonymous letters are never used. As a suggestion, brevity makes for clarity and reader interest. What Did You Get For Christmas? of Wayside United Presbyterian tnupnii, uiiii'iuuKi wim uurim in Hillcrest Cemetery, Armor.

Mr. Motz closed a 30 year Bethlehem Steel Corp. career with his retirement from the roll department in 1966. Prominent in church affairs he was Sunday School superintendent at Wayside United Presbyterian Church for ten years, also serving as an elder and as secretary of the church's governing body. A native of Pitcairn, he was graduated from Hutchinson Central School, Buffalo.

Mr. Mo tz was a member of the Bethlehem Management Club and a past master of Fraternal Lodge No. 625, which conducted memorial services Friday evening. The husband of the late Malvena Paschka Motz, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Puleo, three brothers, Wilbert, Christian and Robert Motz, a sister, Mrs.

Marion Otsen, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Motz was also the father of the late Carl B. Motz Jr. and a brother of the late Elmer Motz.

MRS. JOHN D. HOELSCHER Prayers were said in the Donald M. Demmerley Funeral Home on Pierce Ave. on Monday morning followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in SS.

Peter and Paul Church for Mrs. Barbara Feldman Hoels-cher of East Eden Rd. who died Dec. 29 in her 78th year. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Hoelscher was a member of the Ladies of Charity and SS. Peter and Paul Church and its Altar and Rosary Society. The widow of the late John D. Hoelscher, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs.

Gerald VanNote of Eden, a son, John D. Hoelscher Jr. of Hamburg, a foster daughter, Mrs. Veronica Sambuchi of Orlando, a brother, Phillip Feldman, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mrs.

Hoelscher was also a sister of theTate Herman Feldman, Mrs. Gertrude Hummel and Mrs. Cecelia Fichler. MRS. THOMAS FETTERM AN Memorial services will be held tonight, Thursday, at 8 in St.

James United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Roger P. Horton, pastor, officiating for Mrs. Chariot Moehlau Fetterman of Lake View who died Jan. 1 in her 70th year.

The retired manager of the book store at Buffalo State College, Mrs. Fetterman was the widow of the late Thomas Fetterman. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Agatha Moehlau and a brother, Otto Moehlau of Passaic, N.J. ART GROUP GRATEFUL FOR SUN SUPPORT Editor; Hamburg Sun Without the Hamburg Sun the programs at the Centennial Art Center would not be possible.

We sincerely appreciate your help with publicity for our art exhibits and classes throughout the past summer. Dorothy Markert President Centennial Art Center HAMBURGH HOLIDAYS -SAYS THANK YOU Editor; Hamburg Sun Hamburgh Holidays would like to thank all those who so graciously contributed to make this year's festivities a success. May everyone have a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Mr. and Mrs.

J. Robert Wasko Publicity Chairmen What One Person Can Do EDITORS NOTE; A meaningful holiday soliloqy written from the heart of a man who has found new meaning to life and family. Many men and women spend all year thinking of just the right gift to give husbands, wives and children for Christmas. On Christmas morning, these same people sit and wait with anticipation, that has in soma caeca been building for 8 to 10 months, to see if their final choice is received with the same zeal that went into their choice. I am one of these people.

In fact, in retrospect, I have been one for at least the seven years that my wife and I have been married. This year was no different than any other. I spent hours window shopping throughout the Village and saw many things that I was certain everyone would be overjoyed with. I was certain that our two sons would love a nice big color TV set, like Grandma and Grandpa's and a new car for my wife to replace the one we have. There was a nice reclining love seat, too, I knew she would be crazy about.

Yes, all these things cost lots of money and a pretty good paying job really helps too. This started out to be the best year I had ever had financially and all things were possible. If you have read this far, you might realized I am writing in the past tense. For you see, I was working 10 hoars a day, then 12, then 14, then 16 and then I lost track. I lost track of almost everything but work.

In fact, one overcast day in October, about mid-day, I fell right off the-track. On that day, the rescue squad was racing my 28 year old body off to the Emergency Room of the hospital a victim of an apparent heart attack. It's as dose as I wish to come to the hereafter for quits a few years. Fortunately, it wasn't as bad as all that it only left me partially disabled for life. Do not mistake my attitude as flippant, because it is the exact opposite.

I don't have a job any more and my wife has taken a part-time job until I can find work that fits my new limitations. Oh, yes, about the gifts for my family, I gave them all what they wanted most of all, myself and my time. This is our eighth Christmas together and the first time we had the tree up and decorated before Christmas Eve. I have had two months so far to get to know my sons. We talk with each other and njjames together.

They know I Tan' pick them up and do some of the things we used to do, but they have a father now, not just a live-in money maker. As my wife and sons put the ornaments on the tree this year, I watched with a great sense of well being. It seems as though I was only born in October and I might as well have been because that is when I realized the mistake I made. The choice to give only things and not give of myself was a tragedy. Unfortunately, not everyone gets a second chance like this.

If you have, do not blow it you may not get a third! The children did not get a color TV, but then a color TV can't tuck you in at night or read, or play ball, can it? My wife did not get the new car, but it could not hold her when the lightening flashes of comfort her when the children are sick or she just had a bad day. We had a wonderful Christmas and the brightest future we have ever known. There may not be a Santa Claus, but there's a God up there that loves my family enough to give me back to them. Thank you Godl I needed to almost die so that I could truly live. From the strengthened hand of Jay Manning ELAINE AND ALEX REDDIN, CONCERNED NEIGHBORS A Connecticut resident who is 102 can depend on a ride to her hairdresser because a couple in town care how the elderly get around.

Elaine and Alex Reddin recognized a problem in Greenwich. Older people, whose numbers are steadily increasing, often find it hard to get to the doctor, the market, the bank and the hairdresser. The Reddins believe that for the aging, any trip is important and so are dignity and independence. Mrs. Reddin researched existing possibilities.

Then in 1975, she devised her own solution Call-A-Ride. Anyone over 60 who, for financial or physical reasons, is without the use of a car can call a dispatcher who arranges a ride. When Elaine Reddin got the idea, she asked her church for help. They gave her $7,500 and some gloomy predictions of abuse. In the next two years Call-A-Ride provided 13,000 rides and noted only four abuses.

The service, with the Reddins as co-chairmen, is supported by five churches and by individual and corporate donations. It now has two vehicles, a two-way radio dispatch system, a volunteer staff of over a hundred and some 240 weekly riders. George Keugel, 68, afflicted with cerebral palsy and arthritis, is able to attend a town-sponsored social group-for the elderly each week day. "Without them," he siyCof Call-A-Ride volunteers, "I wouldn't be able to Edith Kocak, 70, a cardiac patient, can get to her weekly blood test. the most wonderful thing that could have happened to us." "All we are helping them todo," says Mrs.

Reddin, "is to live more normal lives." That's making a difference. The Christophers.