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The Pocono Record from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 20

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The Pocono Recordi
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Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
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Monroe County Industries Design-Technics Cutting Into Foreign Decorations DESIGN. TECHNICS of Stroudsburg. RD 2, is rutting into imports of Italian and Belgian marble and other exotic building decorations with sculptured ceramic wall facing. Experts say the company is able to volume produce traditionally handcrafted without saerific of quality or artistic integrity. The company was founded in Greenwich Village in 1950 by Sam and Lae Rosen, husband and wife.

It now has a 16- man staff of artisans who turn out thousands of pieces of ceramics each month. The firm occupies a one and one-half story cinder block building west of Ntroudshurg near Route 209. Most of the are custom made by hand. Mrs. Rosen said.

In addition to the wall facings, the company produces lamps, dinnerware and accessories. The product for ail facings has been described as museum quality pieces at prices far below the museum price tag. The company docs its own designing and works closely with architects to create particular effects. Companies tiding the Rosen items for decorative effects in their offices include Union Carbide. Corning Glass.

Monsanto Chemical, and Chemstrand, Wall facings are made in individual tiles running from 4S by inches to 16 inches They weather resistant and ran he used either indoors or outdoors, placed on wood, stone, metal, or masonry. No maintenance required and colors are permanent according to Rosen. This family team doing right well with its current projects. The Rosens started as owners of a craft and design center in Greenwich Village in 1940 There they conducted classes in handcrafts and dec- sign research in several media metals, weaving, enamelling, and ceramics. When World War II claimed the services of most of the student body, the Rosens decided to make a straight venture out of their largest CARNIVAL Waiting for carnival fans Saturday in East Stroudsburg were, left to right, Debbie LeBar, Betty Howell, Barbara Shook, Joan Millard, Elaine Millard, Diane LeBar, Daniel Serfass and Paul Inninger.

They raised $20.08 for the Polio Fund. 'Staff Photo by MacLeod) Children Raise $20.08 For Polio TEN East Stroudsburg children raised $20.08 Saturday afternoon at their home-made for the Polio Fund. The money was turned over to fund chairman Richard R. Fredenberg. Stroudsburg, Passers-by had the chance to play bingo, toss pennies through a jar of water, knock down bowling pins with halls, Rtid toss rings around soda hottlps.

The children also sold several dozen gladioli donated hy Greenhouse, East Stroudsburg, Acting as junior concessionaires were Debbie LeBar, Diane LeBar, 10; Betty Howell, Barbara Shook, 11; Joan Millard. 19; Elaine Millard, 12; Donal Daniel Serfass, Paul Inninger, Barbara Seig and Melody Knierim. Organization of the carnival began months ago when the children called on local merchants for prize donations. They then asked permission of East Stroudsburg Burgess Jesse Flory for use of boro property at Braeside Ave. and E.

Brown St, Services For Mrs. Price FTNERAL services for Mrs I Susan Watts Price, 6.9, wife of Wallace Price of Canadensis, will he held at 2 m. today in the Canadensis Methodist) Church with Revs. John and Charles Eiehman officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Ceme- i jtery, East Stroudsburg, Friends may call at he church from noon until 2 p.m.j Lantermsn Funeral Home is in charge of arrange- ments.

PRESIDENTAL GREETING Bobby Meyer, nine -yera-old ion of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Meyer, Chipperfield Drive, holds facsimile autograph of President Eisenhower, which he requested in letter to Washington. (Staff Photo by MacLeod) Bobby IS in Oltlttins I he's A MOST BOYs Wlio have autograph collection dream of getting the president signature, but have to remain content with lesser ones.

Bobby Meyer, ago nine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Meyers, Chipperfield Drive, Strouds- Slate Quarry Foreman Dies BANCtOK Charles Jones foreman at the North Bangor Slate Quarry, died Sunday night at his home, 616 Broadway, as the result of a heart attack. He as 54, A native of Bangor, he was the son of the late William and Randolph Jones.

Sun ivnrs Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Belle Shoup Jones; four wins, Charles, Easton; Carl, Bangor, and Thomas and James Jones, at home; six daughters, Kenneth Trenchard, Willow Grove; Mrs. Orville Ben-jdeficiency with their keen hear nett, Oreland, Mrs. David ing and sharp sense of smell. Schlavone, Bangor; Lou, at home, and Mrs.

George Quay and Mrs. Thomas Wood, both of Philadelphia; two brothers, Henry, Roseto, and William, four sisters, Mrs. Mary Marsh, Phiilipsbui Mrs, Harry Fordyce, living in California; Mrs. ben ran ken field, Phillipsburg. and Mrs.

Irving Kualansik. East Petersburg, and grandchil- Iren. Funeqal services will be at 2 Thursday in the Hough JTuiMcml Her burg, started out with a couple of John Does. I at Pom no Playhouse recently he approached Actress Anne B. Davis, appearing in 'The Girls in for hers.

"Why you get President someone said, Bobby's mother helped him compose a letter to the White House, Saturday, after a two-week wait, Bobby's letter was answered. Inside a White House envelope was a copy of Dwight IX Eisenhower's signature. ALASKAN brown boats have poor eyesight. But they more than make up for this physical Subscribe to The Daily Remid, S. lection of ITALIAN FOODS, SANDWICHES and Home BEER SODA ETC.

PIZZERIA fth St. HA 1 SAW Bartonsville Unirsi FAMILY-STYLE 110161 DINNERS tine Parties and Banquets Route 611 Phone HA I-245I teerion ceramics. During the first two years. Design-Technics specialized in lamp hasps and accessories. In 1954, after years of experimentation with three-dimensional tiles, Rosen was satisfied he could produce a sculptured wall surface that flexible and adaptable and handsome enough to give any architect a chance to obtain creative work at a commercially feasible price.

Yrchitects about that time were beginning to rebel against the of litany nf the postwar skyscrapers. 1 hey saw in the Design- Technics tiles an opportunity to provide decorative warmth and visual interest in their Ailments Treated At Dispensary STIFF NMks, sprained fingers and sore feet received attention at Monroe County General Hospital Dispensary yesterday and over the weekend. John llusovsky, 20, Swoyersville, reported with a pain in the right side of his chest 'after he ran into a tiee with his bicycle. He was given several empirin tablets for the pain and told to return for x-rays. Cornelia M.

Sears. Stroudsburg, injured her right thumb. It swelled up slightly. The dis-t pensary taped it for immobilization, Ann Schnaitman, 56, Stroudsburg, stepped on a nail she des-' eribed as not rusty hut somewhat dirty. The puncture wound in her right Lxu was cleansed, and she was dismissed.

O'Connor. 16, Philadelphia. hurt his middle right- hand finger while playing softball. He was told to soak it in warm water for 15 minutes at a time and then exercise it, Robert Schncek. 31.

phia. showed up after an automobile accident with a pain in! his left arm. X-rays revealed nothing, a I there was I gross discoloration. Rush Lamorcuv, 53, Dallas R. D.

3, working on a road construction crew, was hit on the head with a rock. He complain-1 cd of stiffness in the hack of his neck. The dispensary allowed him to return to light work and heat treatment and rest when he got home. (general Killed In Crash ORAN, Algeria 'AD Maj. Gen.

Gaston Jarrot, commander of mechanized infantry division in Algeria, was killed in! the crash of his helicopter about 200 miles southwest of here Sunday. Elsewhere in Algeria 34 rebels were either killed or captured in minor military skirmishes recently, a French army spokesman said. buildings without sacrifices to or clash with the architectural character of their structures. Current Design-Technics projects include the Piggly-Wig- gly supermarkets in Sheboygan, the lobby of the new "gold" skyscraper at 575 Madison Avenue in New York; an outdoor space divider at Camp Tamiment. the lobby of the Coliseum Park apartments in New York, and a mural in the Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn.

In their newly designed showroom in New York City, the are displaying more than 2.0(10 indiv iiiunl lamp 5,000 separate of decorative and hun- dreds of tile Mrs. Rosen is the chief designer of all the items manufactured. Her husband is the expert on the specially formulated clay bodies and glazes he discovered after years of research and experimentation. Mrs. Rosen conceives each of her lamps and accessories as an original not a model for reproduction.

Each mold is different and every impression on the blank shape is made hy hand. In designing the tiles which are in effect mural surfaces Mrs. Rosen reflects the special requirements of the architect- clicnt and works closely with him in creating a particular effect. Ex-Bangor Postmaster Succumbs 12 Stroudsburg Employes Of Bell Teleph one On Strike FORTY-TWO STKOt OSBI plant employes of I he Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania walked off their jobs at 8 a.

m. yesterday in sympathy with a McKeesport employe of the firm. Also affected are 277 persons in Scranton. All are members of Local 34, Branch 2, tion of Telephone Workers of -m John Knowles Succumbs ATHENS John W. Knowles, with a McKeesport cable helper brother of Mrs.

Charles M. W'il- RANGOR Robert J. Schaeffer, former postmaster here, died Sunday night in St. Hospital, Fountain Hill. He was 87 and lived at 240 S.

Third St. A native of Newburg, N. lie moved to Cementon with his parents at the age of and attended Coplay Academy, later becoming principal and teacher in the Coplay schools at the age of 19, He served as a telcpraph operator for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad and later was! which begin Sept. 15 agent for the railroad at Jim; ------------I horpe. was chief clerk of! I an the Lehigh Susquehanna Divi-j sion of the railroad until 1896! Irimt when he was appointed general LONDON (AP) Moscow Postmaster tadio Monday night predicted He was associated in the Ban- Last Class in Master Dance Series To Be Held At YMCA GEORGE BARN of New York City, will conduct the last of a series of three master dance classes at the YMCA tomorrow from 10:30 a.

m. to 12:30 p. m. All teachers and students are invited to attend, according to Mrs. Karen Roth, who is --------------------------charge of danec Instruction at the YMCA.

Participants are WO Nstcrs SuPViVP asked to take dance apparel to the class. New York Professor Barna, a former pupil of Mrs. Roth, is now a dancing professor in New York. He is now- studying under and for Nona Shurman, Graham, Jose Liman, Robert and other prominent Power Station dance instructors. Mrs.

Roth will teach the regular YMCA dance classes MRS. MYRTLE A. Smith, 66 S. Kisller Last Stroudsburg, is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Leida DeLong, Williamsport, and Mrs.

Catherine Butler, Weatherly, not two daughters teaching as reported in the original obit- Martha uary. MOSCOW (AP) -Soviet experts are working on plans for a six-million-kilowatt pow-er station on the Volga, Tass reports. Pen nsylvania. There will be no interruption in telephone calls at the present time. A union spokesman said the walkout here is in sympathy who was given a permanent transfer and downgraded without regard to seniority.

The dispute has resulted in a statewide walkout of plant personnel. The union spokesman said the i in-law, Mrs. union and company officials will Saylorsburg meet in Philadelphia tomorrow to discuss the walkout. The company earlier had asked for arbitration on the issue. liams, East Stroudsburg RD 3, died here last Thursday.

Interment was on Saturday in the Tioga Point Cemetery. In addition to Mrs. Williams, he is also survived by a sister- Arthur Knowles, RD and several nieces and nephews. gor Crescent Co. until 1903 he became Bangor post- 1 master.

He was later affiliated with several local businesses. He was a past mast or of Bangor Lodge. Free and Accept; od Masons, and received his 501 year pin in 1958. Surviving are a daughter. Mrs.

Marvin DePainphilis, Bangor; one son. Robert. Hat, boro; four grandchildren, four and a nephew. Funeral services will he at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Hough Funeral Home here.

the forthcoming Khrushchev-Ei- talks could initiate a radical improvement in the whole international The broadcast also accused forces across the of trying to obstruct any thawing of the cold war. VEKDOM E. FKAILEY 609 Main Strnurihsiirg Phone: HA 1-7447 ATIONWIDI Home Office Rough lu Manila MANILLA Hoodlums armed with bows, arrows and blowguns are giving Manilla police a had time. Four persons were wounded by arrows in one recent gang fight. In another incident, a youth was hit in the neck with an arrow in downtown Manila.

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