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111 Standard-Speaker, Sunday, January 24, 1999 LOCAL OBITUARY Louise Robbins Morgan Leo N. Williams Louise Robbins Morgan, 95, a resident of Green Valley Residential Care Home, Drums, died Thursday in Hazleton-St. Joseph Center. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late William and Louise (Huss) Keisling, and attended Scranton schools. She was a member of Christ United Church of Christ, Conyngham.

AN Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were hus-. bands, Sanford Robbins, in 1943, and Charles Morgan, in 1958; a sister, Mildred Armstrong; brothers, Albert and William, and a grandson, Mark Robbins. Surviving are a daughter, Joan Thorpe, Clarks Summit; sons, Robert Robbins, Conyngham, and Robbins, Fountain Valley, Calif; stepdaughter, Betty Coglizer, Boca Raton, stepson, Roland Morgan, Endwell, N.Y.; sisters, Esther Keisling, Bay Village, Ohio, and Lila Miller, Scranton; a brother, Bernard, Scranton; 16 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Arthur E.

and Brian A. Strauch Funeral 602 Birch Scranton, with the Rev. John Holsey, pastor of Christ United Church of Christ, officiating. Interment will follow in Dunmore Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.

and Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to Christ United Church of Christ, Main Street, Conyngham 18219. Evelyn S. Miller Evelyn S. Miller, 102, died Friday in Holy Family Manor, Beth-lehem, where she was a guest.

40 Born in Hazleton, she was the daughter of the late David and Edith (Donald) Schell, and the last surviving member of an immediate family that included 011 brothers and sisters. do She was a member of Emmanuel Evangelical Congregational Church of Bethlehem and the Ladies Missionary Society of the church. In addition, she taught Sunday school. She volunteered with the American Cancer Society and the Northampton County Association for the Blind, both in Bethlehem. She was also a member of Calyp80 Chapter of the Order of Eastcern Star No.

163, Bethlehem, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Edward F. Ackerman Post 31, American Legion, Hellertown. In addition to her parents, brothers and sisters, she was preceded in death by her husband, William G. Miller, who died in 1968, and sons, Ralph E. Miller, Gilbert E.

Miller, 1996, and Herbert W. Miller, 1979. Survivors include five nine grandchildren, and three great-greatgrandchildren. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Long "Funeral Home, 500 Linden Bethlehem.

Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Bethlehem. Friends may call at the funeral on Wednesday from 10 to a.m. Memorial donations may be made to Emmanuel E.C. Church, R25 E. Union Bethlehem, or "Holy Family Manor, 1200 Spring Bethlehem 18018.

DEATH NOTICE "MORGAN At Hazleton GenerCal Hospital, Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, "Catherine M. Morgan of Hazle Street, Nuremberg. Funeral service Monday at 11 a.m. from the Mark S.

Harman Funeral Home (west), Conyngham- Glen Road. Interment in Nuremberg Cemetery. Friends may call at the home today from 2 to 4 Sand 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial to the Nuremberg Branch cof the Hazleton Area Public Library, Nuremberg 18241. In Loving Memory of HEIDI ZIMMERMAN My life is so different not having you around.

So many times I've picked up the phone to tell you something, but then remembered you weren't around. How hard it is to accept, how hard it is to believe. My friend for life is gone, why did you have to leave? One year has passed since I saw you, you were as happy as could be, laughing and smiling and telling me stuff not knowing what was going to be. Forever gone, so young, so soon, I wish it didn't have to be. Happy Birthday in Heaven, Heidi! Sadly missed Loved, Amy 99-18-1 Leo N.

Williams, 86, of Wright Township, died Saturday afternoon at his home. He was one of the founders of the Youth Recreation Activities Program in Mountaintop, and early baseball organizational programs. In addition, he was judge of elections for Wright Township, a member of the Crestwood School Board from 1947 to 1961, and a member of the board of directors of the Albert Cemetery Association, Wright Township. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Jan. 13, 1913, he was the son of the late George W.

and Josephine (Melliand) Williams, and was a member of the first graduating class of Myers High School, WilkesBarre, in 1931. He was a member of St. Jude's Roman Catholic Church, Mountaintop, and the parish choir and Holy Name Society. He served in the Army Air Corps. Before retiring in 1973, he was employed by Sears Roebuck at stores in Kingston and the Wyoming Valley Mall, as a sales representative for the building materials and hardware departments.

Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, were his wife of 53 years, the former Lena R. Scavone, in 1992; a sister, Josephine Lowrey; and brothers, George and Harold Williams. Surviving are daughters, Elizabeth Collins and Mary Atkins, both of Bradenton, Catherine Kuhl, Mountaintop; Leona DeCosmo, Plains, and Theresa Williams, Morristown, N.J.; sons, Michael, Drums; George, Bradenton, and Leo Lodi, a sister, Regina Walker, Hendersonville, N.C.; a brother, Raymond, Brick, N.J.; 25 grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. from the McCune Funeral Home, 80 S.

Mountain Mountaintop, followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Jude's Church at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Albert Cemetery, Wright Township. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Albert Cemetery Memorial Arbor Fund, in care of John Frankenfield, 14 Chestnut Mountaintop 18707, or to St.

Jude's Church Building Fund, 422 S. Mountain Mountaintop 18707. Joann Chamberlain Joann Chamberlain of 984 South Freeland, died Saturday morning at her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emil and Mary Stesan. Surviving are her husband, Michael; sons, Robert, Texas, and Zachary, Freeland; a daughter, Samantha, Hazleton; a brother, Joseph Wysocki, Freeland; a sister, Mari Jo Stesan, Freeland; one granddaughter, several nieces and one nephew.

Arrangements will be announced by the McNulty Funeral Home of Freeland. Clara Mae Root Clara Mae Root, 88, formerly of R.R. 1, Drums, died Saturday at 6:20 p.m. at the Louisa Health Care Center, Louisa, Va. She was a member of St.

Paul's United Methodist Church, Drums, and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Chlora (Hoffman) Ervin. Arrangements will be announced by the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home (east), Drums. Margaret Kondrach Margaret Kondrach, formerly of Washington Street, Freeland, died Saturday morning at Hazleton General Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by the Frank J.

Bonin Funeral Home of Hazleton. Ruth K. Marsch Ruth 1 Krapf Marsch, 88, of 319 Allen West Hazleton, died early Saturday at the Mountain City Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center, Hazleton, where she had been a patient since October. Arrangements will be announced by the Krapf Hughes Funeral Home of Hazleton. Woman killed in fire Associated Press PHILADELPHIA A threealarm fire in a large apartment complex in Philadelphia's fashionable Chestnut Hill neighborhood late Friday night has been blamed on a lit cigarette.

The body of an elderly woman was found in the rubble at the Chestnut Hill Village apartments in the 7700 block of Stenton Avenue. About eight apartments on the top floor were gutted. Lupas to announce candidacy for DA in Hazleton Monday Attorney David Lupas will formally announce his candidacy for the office of Luzerne County district attorney in two locations Monday. Lupas, who serves as an assistant district attorney, will appear at 10 a.m. at Hazleton City Hall and at 2 p.m.

at the Riverside Adult Day Care Center in Plains. Lupas will reveal his crimefighting plan for Luzerne County in the 21st century in announcing his candidacy. Motorcyclist jailed after beltway chase A Hazleton motorcycle rider was jailed on a host of charges after an incident at 12:25 a.m. Saturday along the Airport Beltway, in Hazle Township. According to state police at Hazleton, Trooper Lisa Girman observed Kevin Eugene Beauregard, 25, of South Wyoming Street, operating a Kawasaki dirt bike east on the beltway.

Beauregard was not wearing a helmet and there were no lights on the motorcycle, police said. Girman turned on her emergency lights and siren and Beauregard refused to stop. Traveling at speeds of over 65 mph, he passed several vehicles before turning south on Route 309, police said. The chase ended a half mile south of the beltway when sparks began to come from the motorcycle's engine and Beauregard was taken into custody. He was arraigned on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving while under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving, driving on roadways laned for traffic, driving without lights to avoid identification or arrest, speeding, not having proper vehicle registration, driving with a suspended or revoked license, and not wearing a helmet.

He was committed to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1,000 bail. Man jailed after Hazleton incident A Thursday morning incident on Lafayette Court, Hazleton, resulted in a city man being sent to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, in Wilkes-Barre. City police said Daniel Rodgers, of Lafayette Court, was charged with disorderly conduct, simple assault, resisting arrest and other summary violations after the 2:40 a.m. incident. Rodgers was arraigned before District Justice Joseph Zola, of Hazleton, and jailed in lieu of $35,000 bail.

FUNERALS The funeral of Harold L. Ochs 57, of Knorr Road, Drums, who died Wednesday in HazletonSt. Joseph Medical Center, was held Saturday morning from the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home (east), Butler Road, Drums. The Rev.

Connie Stiller officiated at the service and offered the final blessing at the grave in St. Johns Cemetery, St. Johns. The pallbearers were Douglas Ochs, Mark Karmonick, John Moran, Fred Gill, Martin Gill and Jerry Gruver. Honorary pallbearers were Matthew and Nicholas Rusnock, and Andrew and Gregory Ochs, grandsons.

The funeral of Margaret C. Slizofski, formerly of Hazleton, who died Jan. 13 in Abington Memorial Hospital, was held Saturday morning from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Hazleton. The Rev.

Stephen A. Krawontka gave the blessing at the funeral home, was the celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Hazleton, and offered the final blessing at the grave in Transfiguration Roman Catholic Cemetery, West Hazleton. The pallbearers were Jarod, Morgan and Gunther Slizofski, grandsons; John Gidosh, nephew; George Pindar and Bernard Choma. The funeral of Walter J.

Zuber of 651 North West Hazleton, who died Wednesday in Hazleton General Hospital, was held Saturday from the John J. Pusti Funeral Home, Hazleton. The Rev. Leonard Butcavage gave the blessing at the funeral home and celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial in Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Slovak Church, Hazleton. Deacon Louis Smolinsky gave the final blessing in the chapel at Calvary Cemetery, Drums.

The pallbearers were Walter Zuber son, and grandsons, Jerry and George Polachak, Allen and Mark Genetti, and Bob Buck. RICHARD W. Paul Knadler, left, maintenance supervisor at the Majestic House in Tamaqua, and Cheryl Updike, manager, pose next to the wheelchair lift at the apartment building's main entrance. Elderly apartment complex in Tamaqua has open house The Majestic House, which once was a theater on East Broad Street, has 73 units. Its residents must be 62 years old, handicapped or disabled.

By RICHARD W. FUNK Standard-Speaker There was a time not so long ago when elderly homeowners faced an uncertain future. The golden years were often paled by worries about how to pay property taxes and maintain a home that was too large. Even once-simple tasks like mowing a back yard became issues that needed to be dealt with. But an increasing number of senior citizens are resting a little easier by taking advantage of housing facilities that are virtually worry-free and affordable.

Dense fog and dismal weather didn't dampen the spirits of 10 resident volunteers who helped host an open house on Saturday at the Majestic House, a 73-unit elderly apartment complex at 201 E. Broad Tamaqua. Approximately 30 people attended the event, which ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "The open house is being held to let people know we're here and that we have a lot to offer," said Cheryl Updike, manager of the Majestic House.

"We've had sons and daughters come out today to check for their parents. Everybody said they liked it and that it's nice and clean." Built in the former Majestic Theater, the seven-story facility has one- and two-bedroom apartments, a coin-operated laundry, library, community room, television room, elevators, and a wheelchair lift at the main entrance. Included in the apartments are kitchens equipped with an electric range, refrigerator, microwave oven and garbage disposal. Each unit has wall-to-wall carpeting, ceramic tile bath with shower, smoke detectors, telephone and cable television connections, and individually controlled heat and air conditioning. "The entire building was renovated about 20 years ago," said Paul Knadler, maintenance sup- RICHARD W.

The seven-story Majestic streets in Tamaqua, once housed it is a 73-unit elderly apartment ervisor. "It's virtually soundproof, fire safe and interior walls are made from fireproof drywall or block." According to Knadler, the facility's fire alarm system is connected directly with the Tamaqua Fire Department. Updike said she feels that because the Majestic House is in the heart of town, it's the ideal place for senior citizens. "We have banks, food stores, doctors and churches here in the neighborhood," she said. "This is convenient to all services and there is bus transportation.

everything is pretty close by." And, for those who don't want to venture out for entertainment, the complex offers parties and special holiday events. "We have a big New Year's Eve party," Updike said. "There's bingo twice a week and movies once a House, at East Broad and Pine the Majestic Theater. Today, complex. month.

everybody has a lot of fun!" Like other facilities of its kind, apartment availability at the Majestic House, owned by Pennrose Management is limited to those at least 62 years old, the handicapped or disabled. Rent is calculated at 30 percent of a tenant's gross adjusted income. "The Majestic House is an ideal home for any qualified residents because they are provided the opportunity to meet and live with others who may have similar interests," Updike said. Irene Gimble has called the complex home for the past nine years. "I really like living here," she said.

"This is a real nice place, everything is so meticulous. The security is excellent and we have a great manager and terrific maintenance manager." Food bank stocking baby Associated Press PHILADELPHIA The food bank is stocking up its shelves this year with cases of baby milk as workers prepare for an expected huge increase in the demand for formula after thousands of mothers are cut off of welfare benefits. Welfare officials warn that the youngest of Pennsylvania's poor are likely to suffer when mothers who have been on welfare for two years and are not working at least part-time risk being dropped from the rolls this March. "A lot of our clients are basically in denial," said Dawn Prall George of Philadelphia's Maternity Care Coalition. "We anticipate that there's going to be a radical increase in demand for formula." To meet that demand, the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank is reaching out to churches and syn- SPIT ALS HAZLETON GENERAL Visiting Hours: 1 to 8 p.m.

Discharges Albert Manna, 21 S. Chestnut Tresckow. Elaine Farley, 212 S. Cedar Hazleton. Bridgette Annabel, 219 W.

Muir Hazleton. agogues for help by endorsing a program called BabyManna, a word that refers to the food in the Bible that miraculously provided for the Israelites in the wilderness. The program includes taking up an annual collection at places of worship on Mother's Day. Last year, the food bank raised more $47,000, enough to buy more than 16,750 cans of formula for 83,800 feedings. "It's a very frightening prospect for a mother not to have formula because typically what she's going to do is water it down," said Joan Mintz Ulmer of the food bank.

Thinning out formula robs children of calories they need to grow, BIRTHS OUT OF TOWN A daughter, born Friday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Pottsville, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Slater of Shenandoah. The mother's maiden name is Laurie Renner. A son, born Friday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Pottsville, to Mr.

and Mrs. Lee Fessler of Schuylkill Haven. The mother's maiden name is Nicole Martin. said Dr. Vinod Bhutani, an associate professor of pediatrics and neonatology at Pennsylvania Hospital and the president of the board at the Maternity Care Coalition.

Bhutani warned that feeding cow's milk to infants could be even worse because the protein, fat and sugar are hard for babies to digest. That means they don't get enough calories or vitamins and E. It also brings on colic and makes babies vomit more, Bhutani said. And finally, he said it can cause diaper rash because it's more acidic than breast milk or formula. "Definitely no cow's milk," Bhutani said.

Food bank officials don't have exact figures on the demand for formula, but they said there's no doubt that it will be big. In Philadelphia alone, where half of Pennsylvania's welfare caseloads reside, the number of people affected by the 1997 welfare reform law could reach up to 25,000, they said. "We run out every year," the food bank's William Pillsbury said. He said $27,000 bought only three months' worth of formula, even though the food bank buys in bulk and holds out for the best price..