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rrr vt- THE SCRANTON TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1982- 8 Dedication Planned Aug. 27 Alcoholism Center Rites Set South Scranton Irsncli Ofllcsi 1001 PtttttM Are. Main Office: 348-9142 Mail Items to The Times, P.0. Box 3311. Scranton, Pa.

18505 Attn: "South Scranton News" Nativity Church Fest Will Begin Aug. 26 recover tuny. Staff members said that they expect to draw patients from a radius of about 300 miles with about half of the total from the Northeastern Pennsylvania area. At the Aug. 27 dedication ceremony, former U.S.

Rep. Wilbur Mills, whose problems with alcohol have been well documented, will be among the program participants. Others on tne program will include Colangelo, Lt. Gov. William W.

Scranton III, Sig-fried Weis, chairman of the board of Geisinger Foundation; Dr. Henry Hood, president of Geisinger Foundation, and Robert Sobeck, executive vice president of Geisinger Foundation. The 11 a m. dedication ceremony will be followed by a luncheon with tours of the facility to begin at 12:45 p.m; An open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is scheduled for 6 m. Dedication events will continue Aug.

28, with an AA meeting at 8:30 am. and public fours from 10 a m. to 5 p.m. On Aug. 29, there will be private art show at which individuals may purchase works for private collections or make donations of art work for display at ailments which may accompany alcohol or chemical dependent also will be treated In the initail phase, he said.

He said that after this medical treatment, which is closely supervised, the patient will move on to an intermediate stage during which he or she will begin to take some responsibility for self-help and developing, a new life style. Toward tne end of the intermediate phase of treatment, the family of the alcoholic will be brought to Marworth for treatment of the serious emotional problems which generally develop among family members. It is estimated that the cost for family members to stay at Marworth will range from 8250 to 8500 per person per week. Ground will be broken next month for a new family residency building. The final phase of treatment is what Krause called after-care a period of roughly three months during which the patient lives outside after the one-month treatment at Marworth.

He said alcoholics are most likely to go back to drinking during that three-month period and strong support from family and other agencies is needed to help the patient By ROBERT FLANAGAN Times Staff Writer Plans for the Aug. 27 dedication of Marworth Alcoholism Treatment Center were outlined today at a press conference at the Dalton complex which once was the home of former Gov. and Mrs. William W. Scranton.

Dr. Nicholas Colangelo, executive director, explained that the Marworth facility, which is associated with Geisinger Medical Center, is being established because statistics indicate that the number of persons suffering from alcoholism in this region in excess of the national average of 6 to 10 percent of the population. Colangelo said Marworth will have facilities for 72 patients, including 12 beds for medical detoxification and 60 beds for rehabilitation. Generally, patients will be involved in a 28-day treatment program and may be referred by employers, various social service or medical agencies, family or other agencies familiar with the problems of alcoholism, he explained. The cost of such treatment will be 85,500 and may be paid by the patient, by an employer or by various medical insurance plans.

While the cost appears high at first rm v. Dunmore FRAN CALPIN Branch Office: 208 8. Blnhnfy SI Main Office: 348-ttOO LxL 233 Mail Items to The Times P.O. Box 3311 Scranton, Pa. 18505 Attn: "Dunmore News" Dunmorean Appointed Controller 7 I 1 iSt.

I i ANTHONY J. COYER JR. Anthony J. Coyer son of Mr. and Mrs.

Anthony J. Coyer, 128 Hill recently was appointed controller of Norristown Herald publisher of the Norristown newspaper, The Times Herald. A 1973 graduate of Bishop OHara High School, Coyer received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Villanova University in 1977 and was employed by Price Waterhouse Co. in Philadelphia before joining The Times Herald in 1979. The newspaper is one of the oldest daily publications in the nation, serving readers in the Montgomery area.

Coyer resides in Rosemont with is wife, the former Julia Ann Moylan, and their daughter. HS Coach Lists Varsity Games Dunmore High School football coach Jack Henzes has announced the 1982 varsity football schedule. The Bucks will open Big 11 Conference competition Sept. 10 against Old Forge at Dunmore Stadium. The remainder of the schedule follows: Sept.

17: Scranton Central at Scranton Memorial Stadium. Sept. 24: Lakeland. Oct. 1: at Riverside.

Oct. 8: West Scranton at Memorial Stadium. Oct. 15: Scranton Prep. Oct.

23: at Midvalley. Oct. 29: Abington. Nov. 5: Valley View.

Nov. 12: Scranton Tech at Memorial Stadium. Nov. 19: North Pocono. Junior varsity and freshman games will be played on the Monday following the varsity contest, according to the same team schedule.

KofC Council 3635 To Name Chairmen Dunmore Council 3635. Knights of Columbus, wili meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at the McHugh-Bushweller Veterans of Foreign War Post on Chesnut Street. Louis Kobar, recently elected grand knight, will preside. Deputy Grand Knight Joseph Ehinot will announce the appointment of various committee chairmen for 1982-83.

Film Expo Tickets Set Tickets are available for Film Expo 82 to be conducted Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Everhart Museum. Tickets may be obtained from the office of the Cultural Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the Connell Building The Expo will include Edouard Molinaro's La Cage Aux Folks, a French comedy set in night life of France, and starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault; Andrzej Wajda's documentary-drama, Man tf Iron, which depicts the Solidarity movement in Poland and which stars Jerzy Radziwilowicx; Ken Russell's The Music Lovers, an account of the tragic lives of composer Peter Tchaikovsky and nis Tasha. starring Jhamberiain ana Glenda Jackson, and finally, Herbert Ross' new musical Pennies from Heaven, Starring Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken and Jessica Harper. The Finest Homes In the Area Are Listed in Times Want Ads Phone 348-9157 Ulest Scranton JOSEPH NIERODA Branch Office 1105 iKksnn St Miin Office 344-8142 Mill Items to The Times P.O.

Box 3311 Scranton, Pa. 18505 Attn: "West Scranton News" O'Brien on Duty At California Post Cpl. Sean O'Brien, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, who lives, at 322 15th is on active duty at Twentynine Palms, for 15 days as part of his annual training. He is a member of the Wing Transportation Squadron, Wyoming.

OBrien served six months on active duty and is a member of the Marine Corps reserves for three years. He is a heavy equipment operator in his militanr job and works as a printer for the Northeast Envelope Clarks Summit, as a civilian. He graduated from West Scranton High School before enlisting. Berean Unit Slates Rocky Glen Picnic Berean Interdenominational Church Sunday School will have its annual picnic Saturday at Rocky Glen Park. Robert Owens, superintendent, is chairman, and Mrs.

Frances Cleary, co-chairman. Park discount coupons are available from Owens, Mrs. Cleary, Dave Williams, Ernest Davis and Louis Richards. The Rev. Edward Canterbury is pastor.

WS Class of 1969 To Plan Reunion West Scranton High School Class of 1969 will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at DiBileos, 134 N. Main Ave. Plans for a reunion Oct. 30 at the Holiday Inn, Downtown, will be discussed.

Committee members are Linda Pehanich, Joann Boyko and Margaret Lowe. After 50 Club Sets Thursday Meeting The After 50 Club will meet Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Marys Hall, 417 Hickory St. Mrs.

Mary Pierangqli will preside. Bus trips planned are Brookdale-on-tne-Lake, Aug. 17; Glenwood, Sept. 13, and Woodlock Pines, Oct. 19.

A social will follow the business session. WS Jets Boosters To Meet Thursday The West Side Jets Junior Football Booster Association will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at Bryn Mawr Cafe. Jean Hurchick will preside. Tony Barletta, franchise owner and cochairman, will apeak.

Plans for the approaching season will be discussed. All coaches and parents are urged to attend. Jazz Music Concert Set An outdoor jazz concert featuring local talent will be conducted by WVIA-FM radio Aug. 21 from 2 to 5 p.m. on the studio grounds in Jenkins Twp.

The event will mark the first time an outdoor "jam session" will be broadcast live in the area on radio. It is the fifth stereo concert in a aeries of Homegrown Music Specials. The series, produced and hosted by George Graham, contemporary arts director, is committed to presenting regional talent. Graham said It is designed to encourage locally originated material by artists who usually are "bumped for the hits." He said the live concert series is part of the station's 10th anniversary celebration. More information may be obtained by contacting the radio station.

SSSD Receives The Scranton State School for the Deaf has received a 84,000 grant from the state Department of Education to conduct a project entitled, "Deaf Adults: Their Needs for Life-Long Learning." Mrs. Dorothy Bambach, SSSD school counselor, was named project director. The project will involve a census ana survey of the motivation and needs of the deaf adult community in six counties of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It will end in the spring of 1983. According to Dr.

George Sevens, SSSD superintendent, the project will provide research to guide us in our efforts lo program the needs of deaf adults." The-fint phase of the project will be to establish a local advisory committee. The funding will make possible direct contact with each of the 500 known deaf adults In the area, by an interviewer competent In sign language. glance, it is not out of line with the cost for a stay of 28 days in area hospitals, Colangelo said. Included among the 21 em- Sees at Marworth are sev-rehabilitated alcoholics. Colangelo and Gene Middle-.

ton, director of community services at the facility, noted that in addition to treating alcoholics, Marworth will conduct programs to help business and industry learn to cope with problems of em- alcoholism. They said le loss to industry resulting from accidents, health insurance costs, lost production and other factors related to alcoholism among employees runs to an estimated 860 billion annually. They further noted that the vast majority of alcoholics are "functional" in that they seemingly go about their normal lives, but that they have high absenteeism, illness, accidents and become progressively worse. They said that only about 3 percent end up in skid row situations, because most die before reaching that stage. Dr.

Robert E. Krause, medical director of the facility, said that alcoholism is a treatable disease and that the first stage of the treatment at Marworth will involve detoxification. A variety of ohvsical public input before authorizing Yuhas' actions. "Since this is being done with federal money, I think we should have public input; there are people here who are not happy with what you're going to do," Zurek said before abstaining from the vote. Zielinski voted against the measure after expressing similar views.

The improvement plans unveiled Tuesday night include City Hall Briefs Mourns scrams A mn wNo asked two young sisters to help him look (or hit wallet ulied the shorts oft the one (id uesdey et approximetely 5:30 p.m. Police said tha two firlt, ona 10 years old and tha oXhar 15. were walking on Lunme Sfeet, near 8th Avenue, when tne men approached them end taid they would Pe given a reward it they found (he wallet. The girts walked along a path near a building and tha man aoproachad tha 10-year -old from behind and pulled her shorts down. The (id told the man to leave her alone The man then toM the titters to leave the wallet et local butmestplace they found It The suspect wet described as baing 351s 40 yaart oM.

with a thm build, brown ha and wearing a red shaft, bhie shorts and blue ha. ustusKS scrams A larga amount of cash was atolan from her horns by a burglar who forced open a kitchen door to gain antry batwoan 1 s.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Hsian KWha, IT Wiati Sold police.

The burglar took 1.240 and tawaky valued et $100. A bwfier who broke Mo Gut' raw Haua. Csdar Avenue end Seen Street, apparently has found a method to inform the earner of tha tavern that he was the victim of a enme. Robert Flannery Sold police he received a telephone cod hit home early Tuesday but nobody spoke wnen he answered. Flannery gam Turutoy dA recwvwg to ck and found Rial XM bam brakan Me.

Tka aikuaara took atena awyiaN nka4 a 11.000 aM kraka aka aavaval trending mg Jnat Cattonck, 2018 Uaama toto poke komaona aftamgtog to break into to kama toortoay ar Tuctday. Cattonck u4 ka tound ore mare and a wndbre of deo Nativity of Our Lord Church will- have its annual festival Aug. 26 to 28 beginning at 6 p.m. on the church 5 rounds. Carl Walsh and Mrs.

oseph Quinn are general co-chairmen. Workers and committee representatives will meet tonight at 8 in the school auditorium. Many people are needed to assist constructing stands. Volunteers are urged to attend the meeting. Harry Rice is grounds chairman.

Mrs. Eileen Nolan and Mrs. Marian McGowen, white elephant co-chairmen, are seeking new and used treasures for the festival. Items may be brought to the auditorium any day from 10 a m. to 4 p.m.

John Keeler, chance book chairman, urges that all tickets be returned. John Suppy, an accordionist, will provide musical entertainment nightly in the courtyard. The annual pee-wee marathon will be run Thursday evening. The city showmobile will be used for a stage for entertainment, according to an an-noncement from Mrs. Dorothy Harrington and Joseph Kerrigan.

A wide variety of foods and beverages will be available. Bishop James C. Timlin is pastor and the Revs. Michael sullivan, Patrick Pratico and John Polidnak, are assistants. PlansToBeMade For German Night The steering committee of St.

Mary of the Assumption Church will meet tonight at 8 in the church basement. The Rev. George Demuth, pastor and honorary chairman, will preside. Plans for the third annual German Night celebration, Oct. 8 in the parish auditorium, will be discussed.

German foods and beverages will be served and the Henry Charles Band, Swoy-ersville, will play. Assisting with arrangements are Helen Egrecksy, Florence Sakovich, Gloria Iaccabino, Jean Skaluba, Marlene Kraft, Arlene Kohn, Marcella Reig and John Noll. Bowling League Will Reorganize The Friday Night Mixed Bowling League will have a reorganization meeting Friday at 7:30 p.m. at South Side Lanes. All bowlers from last years teams are urged to attend.

League rules and a scheduled will be discussed. North Scranton JOSEPH NIER0DA wick Office 1907 Iwlrrtrt An. Mam Office: 346-9142 Mail Items to The Times P.O. Boi 3311 Scranton, Pa. 18505 Attn: "North Scranton News" Library Branch Slates Party The Providence Branch of the Scranton Public Library will have a party Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

at the library grounds, 2006 N. Main for children who participated in the Annie Summer Reading Program. Miss Mamie Kilcullen will sing numbers from the Broadway play, Annie. She played the leading role in the North Scranton Intermediate School production of the play. Certificates of merit will be presented to all children who read 10 or more books in the summer program.

Mrs. Diane E. Strever is the librarian. Cast Scranton WAITER 6 OLDER 42-0039 We OHM S4M1X tun Items to The Tenet See 3311 Scranton, Pe. 18505 Attn: Cast Scranton Nears' Church Group Sets Pot Luck Supper A pot hick supper with refreshments will be held Saturday, starting at 7:30 p.m.

In Immaculate Conception Church auditorium. It will be sponsored by the Marriage Encounter Couples of the parish. Reservations may be made with Matti or Marcy Schrae-fer at 34S-5C2. relations; Dr. Robert E.

Krause, medical director; Robert Cook, administrative assistant; Gene Middle-ton, community relations; Mary jane Memolo, manager of dietary services, and William Memolo, facilities engineer. Staff members preparing for the dedication of Marworth Alcoholism Treatment Center on Friday, Aug. 27, gather outside the former Scranton family estate. From left are: Nicholas Colangelo, Ph.D., executive director; Kathleen MacArthur, community Three Dupont Streets Due Work REV. MICHAEL SULUVAN Depot Award Won by Mills HAROLD MILLS A South Scranton man who works as a supervisor at To-byhanna Army Depot recently received a certificate of achievement for participation with the depot management council.

Harold Mills. 912 Crown received the award for his contributions to the council. He is a supervisor in the -Airborne Surveillance and Navigational Instrument Section. The council serves as an advisory group to all depot supervisors and as a channel of communication between top-level management and lower levels of supervision. Mills began working at the depot in 1962 and became a supervisor in 1974.

He completed several management courses at the depot and at local colleges. He served in the Air Force for 3k years. ManJailed In Incident At Resort A Philadelphia man was remanded to Pike County Jail after failing to post 815,000 bail Tuesday following his arrest on charges of aggravated assault and criminal mischief. James Taylor, 24, was arrested by state police alter he allegedly was involved in a fight with several fellow employees at Taminent Resort, near Bushkill. State police said Taylor punched a window during the fight and suffered cuts of the hand that required SO sutures to close at Pocono General Hospital, East Stroudsburg.

He was remanded to Tail following his arraignment before District Magistrate Dore James of Hawley, who set a hearing in the case tor Aug. 19 at 4.15 p.m. Central Band Meeting Set The Central High School Marching Band will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at the school band room. Eugene Hopkins is band director.

Membership in the marching band is open to all students who play band instruments. Returning students and incoming freshmen interested in playing are urged to attend. Umform sizes will be recorded. Full rehearsals begin Aug. 23 from 10 am.

to nooo and 1 to 3 p.m. Band officers are Steve Zamowski, president; Tom Simpson, vice president; Karen Walsh, secretary; E3-leen Walsh, treasurer; Colleen Diskin and Mary Beth Walsh, librarians. Eric Chase will lead the band in the field as drum major for the new season. Michael Langan Is acting principal. new asphalt surfaces for Grant, Coolidge and some of Curtain streets, as well as new curbing and improved storm sewers.

Joseph Shambe, president of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Homeowners Association, went on record against the project saying plans do not include sidewalks. Council President Edward Vogue said sidewalks were part of tentative plans, but then we found out it would cost 840,000 for sidewalks on Grant Street alone. We felt it would be more of a benefit to build a new street than spend the money on sidewalks, he said. to Vogue, pre-a cost of approximately for Grant and Coolidge streets without sidewalks. "So we might only be able to do part of Curtain, he said.

According liminary studies estimate of Pennsylvania. Hayden was 63 years of age at the time of the accident which led to the lawsuit. He was injured when a portable air tank exploded while he was using it to pump air into an airplane tire at the Pocono-Strouasburg Airport. The explosion severely damaged nis right hand ana particles of steel had to be removed from his eyes, according to evidence presented at the trial. In addition, his right thumb was shattered, a muscle destroyed, a nerve and tendon cut in the thumb and significant skin was last U.S.

Court Upholds Damage Award By DAVID MORGAN Plttston Bureau Dupont Borough Council spent the better part of its Tuesday night meeting discussing its plans for 8175,000 in capital improvement funds appropriated through the Luzerne County Office of Community Development. Council voted 5-2 in authorizing borough engineer Joseph Yuhas to proceed on the design phase of a 8160,000 street Improvements project for Grant, Coolidge and Curtain streets. Yuhas was directed by the same voting margin to advertise for bids upon the approval of county officials. Councilmen Edward Zurek and Bernard Zielinski criticized council for not seeking WDAU Buyers Express Hope (Continued (roa Pags 3) that the prospective buyers wanted to change the terms of the contract, possibly lowering the price or making an accommodation under which the local owners would permit some of the payment to be deferred over a period of years. However, neither the buyers or the sellers have made any comments oo those rumors.

WDAU ia In the process of moviM from the basement of The Scranton Preparatory School, 1000 Wyoming to the former Kresge Building, 411-417 Lackawanna Ave. The station's current owners include Mrs. Frank Megar-gee, the widow of its founder, and their four daughters Mrs. Madge Holcomb, the general manager; Mrs. Katharine CoUis, Mary Griffin and Jean Reap.

If the television station sale is completed, they will continue to own WGBI radio and the Muzak sound system. The S. Third Court of Appeals has handed down an opinion affirming a judgment or 8300,000 in damages for personal injury and 831,547 in other damages awarded Harold Hayden of East Stroudsburg in 1981. Tne defendant in the case, Scott Aviation Inc. of Philadelphia, appealed the award even though liability had been conceded, according to the opinion.

The jury verdict was banded down up Jan. 28, 1981, after a trial conducted before Chief U.S. Judge William J. Nealon of the Middle District Employees Seeking Agreement Maintenance and construction workers in the Scran too-Olyphant Division of Pennsylvania Gas Water Co. plan to meet with company represents kvts Aug.

18 in an attempt to reach a new agreement to replace the one that expired Aug. 1. The 155 members of Local 2244. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have been working on a day-today basis since the contract expired, with the provision they will give 24 hours notice if they plan to strike, said Jack Jones, local president The union members, by a vote of 1234. already have authorized a strike.

Jones said, and if an agreement it not reached Aug. 18. a strike could take place the following day. The utility and the union have been negotiating for about six weeks, Jones said..

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