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10 YEARS AGOSeptember 13, 2006

El Bees Arcade and Video has opened on Main Street in Forest City. Sue Bosshard of Richmon-dale is the owner.

The Browndale Sportsman’s Club held their annual Labor Day Outing on Sept. 3. Jim Richards of Browndale was named Sportsman of the Year.

Ribbon cutting for the recently improved section of the Rail-Trail will be held on Sept. 23 at the For-est City Trailhead in the VISION 2000 Industrial Park.

The Browndale Fire Company will host a craft fair, “Bums on the Hill Fall Festival” on October 14.

Thomas D. Burnakis, formerly of Forest City, was installed as the president of the Florida Society of Health System Pharmacists.

Deaths: Larry A. Kameen, born in Forest City; Robert S. Rhodes, Fiddle Lake; Steve Saulo, Thomp-son; Veronica O. Domanick, Car-bondale.


The Forest City Little League re-cently received approval from the Borough to install lights at the Joe Slish Field at Kennedy Park. Plans for the lighting of the field have been underway for over a year.

Two more area residents have been selected to receive the 1996 Chapel of Four Chaplains Legion of Honor. They are Edward Golecki, a native of Forest City, and Frank Lavin, an area organizer of the Spe-cial Olympics. A third honoree, Capt. Harry G. Newak Jr., was an-nounced here previously.

Tomal Card & Gift, formerly “Bloxham’s,” recently operated by Donna Dyne, has closed and moved its stock to the new Red Cross Phar-macy at 420 Main Street. The busi-ness was operated for 50 years.

Deaths: Ann Marie Pauswinski, Vandling; Emil Mikolon, Herrick Center; Catherine Kalasinski, For-est City; Philomena Fitzsimmons, New Jersey; Benjamin Montgom-ery, born in Herrick Center; Jerome “Jerry” Joseph, formerly of Forest City; Maria Ann Berish, Vestal, NY; Anna R. Pearce, born in Forest City; Raymond G. Conbeer, RD 1, Pleas-ant Mount; Felix Skrajnar, Forest City.


On Thursday, September 11, An-drew and Maude Cook, Lenoxville, will celebrate their 74th wedding anniversary.

Ms. Paula Pavelchak, Philadel-phia, has been notified by the PA State Board of Nursing that she has successfully passed the RN li-censure exam. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pavelchak, Vandling.

Charlie Ripple, Orson, head of maintenance at Forest City Region-al School, has developed diabetic retinopathy which has caused him to go almost completely blind. He can see nothing out of one eye and only a sensation of light through the other.

Deaths: Margaret O’Neill, Hon-esdale; Bruce Burman, born in Ara-rat Twp.; Florence Bennett, Clifford, Alice Travis RD Starrucca; Martha Myer, formerly of Union Dale, L. D. Tracy, Hayford.


“Dr. Philip Henstell Week” will be highlighted with the presenta-tion today of the Pennsylvania Phy-sician of the Year award by Gov.

Milton Shapp.Hundreds of fish were killed by

suspected acid mine water in the Lackawanna River below Vandling.

Francis Klemensic fired a perfect 25 straight in trap shooting at the Moscow Sportsman’s Assoc. He is one of a growing number of area shooters taking up the sport.

Steve Sheptak was named to the Board at Barnes-Kasson Hospital, Susquehanna.

The Dunmore to Carbondale In-dustrial Highway has been placed in the state’s 12-year plan and should be built by that time.

Deaths: Paul J. Siscoe, Forest City, Mrs. Verna Balunas, RD 2 Union Dale, State Nurse Miss Mary Borthwick, age 87.


Stanley F. Pasavage, 903 Dela-ware Street, Forest City, was gradu-ated from Broome Tech Community College, Binghamton, in the col-lege’s first September Commence-ment exercises. He is presently employed by General Electric, in Johnson City, under a cooperative work program.

Francis Burshnick, son of Mrs. Rudy Burshnick, Forest City, took his first Vows in the Society of the Sacred Heart Novitiate, at St. Marie, Illinois. He is now at Hales Corners, Wisconsin, where he will begin his theological studies.

Leon C. Petrus, has spent the past week at his home here, after completing his singing engage-ment with the Santa Fe Opera Co., in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is also an English Instructor at Marquette University.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Kon-char celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary last Saturday when their daughter and son-in-law host-ed them at a dinner at the Timbers Inn in Allendale, NY.

William Baileys, Susquehanna Street, is undergoing therapeutic treatment at Temple University Hospital.


Killing frosts made their debut on the area over the weekend. The mercury dropped to 30 on Sunday and 36 on Monday.

Julius Prezelski who had previ-ously coached teams at Waymart and Milford High Schools, has ac-cepted a similar position with the Mountain View School.

The Clover Farm Dairy has bro-ken ground for an ice cream bar on South Main Street.

The Forest City PTA sponsored a “Get Acquainted” meeting at which parents, teachers, other school personnel and school direc-tors were introduced.

Deaths: Mrs. Joseph Bayliff Vandling, Mrs. Mary Viniski, For-est City, Mrs. Emma Nesky, West Corners, NY, former Vandling resi-dent.


Forest City Council leases quar-ters in the Borough Building to the Post Office Department at $1,620 annual rental.

Misses Dolores Kohut and Clara Menart of Vandling were among the student nurses entering train-ing at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Car-bondale.

Atty. U.J. McHale named Com-mander of Charles and Martin Sku-bic Post of American Legion.

Deaths recorded during the week: Lawrence Chesnick, of Vandling; Mrs. Ignatz Verboys,

RD Union Dale; Russell Shorts, Dundaff; Mrs. Cynthia Crosier, Thompson.

Weddings of interest: Miss Te-resa M. Bishop, Poyntelle and Da-mian O. Caffrey of Pleasant Mount; Miss Magdaline Budwell of Simp-son and Frank Pribula of Forest City.


George Monasky, prominent Browndale businessman, died on Wednesday in St. Joseph’s Hospi-tal.

Forest City Borough Council at its meeting Monday ignored legal advice on the proposed purchase of the Klots silk mill building.

Brasso’s Blue Ribbons clinched the Forest City Soft Ball title when they defeated the Hotel Muchitz team. The champs sport a 26-10 re-cord for the season.


Local 1035 U.M.W. of A. has do-nated $100 to the American Fund being raised for the relief of strik-ing British coal miners.

Area farmers are receiving $2.36 per hundred for their milk.

Thomas W. Atkinson, of Clif-ford, former County Commission-er, observed his 96th birthday last Friday.

Miss Matilda Zedar and John Churney were united in marriage yesterday by the Rev. F.M. Jevnik in St. Joseph’s Church.


Employees of the local Hillside Coal & Iron Co. present H.E. Yew-ens with a diamond ring. Mr. Yew-ens was the former local superin-tendent.

St. Barbara’s Society holding its national convention here, has been in session for ten days.

Vincent O’Hara is sporting a new Overland automobile.

Miss Octavia Sparks has left for Manasquan, NJ, to resume her teaching after spending her vaca-tion here.

John Slopnik, age 62, died at his Hudson Street home, John Gray died at his Vandling home.


The Rev. Father Gryczka, of Duryea, has been assigned to the pastorate of the new Polish Church here.

The laying of the new corner-stone of the Methodist Church will be held with appropriate exercises on Sunday.

Samuel Mayers has left for Moosic, where he has accepted a position with the Pennsylvania Coal Company.

A new Polish Cooperative store will be opened in the Taylor build-ing on South Main Street.


A local resident was hailed be-fore Squire Braman yesterday and fined one dollar for driving his bi-cycle too fast on Main Street.

M.J. Fleming has left for Allegh-eny where he will resume his stud-ies.

Henry Box is building a new home for Walter Brain.

A large number of local resi-dents took the special excursion to New York City over the weekend.

Week of Sept. 19Monday - Roast Turkey,

stuffing, brussel sprouts, parslied carrots, pumpkin spice cake.

Tuesday - Tomato basil fish, au gratin potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower, ww roll, oatmeal cookie.

Wednesday - Chicken Philly cheesesteak, corn chowder, tossed salad, ww roll, apples .

Thursday - Roast beef, mashed potatoes, roasted beets & carrots, ww roll, apple bread pudding.

Friday - Pork Marsala, brown rice, snap peas, crack-ers, fruit salad.

For reservations, please call a day ahead at Forest City, 10-2, 785-3386. At Lenoxville, 10-2, THURS-DAY ONLY, 222-9550, or you can call the Senior Service office at: 278-7664 or 800-634-3746

North Harford – The Harford Fair was a good success, everybody seemed to have a fine time and the weather was very favorable. Mr. Steinke, the famous cartoonist, was among the crowd, as usual, and the pictures which appeared in the Scranton paper were indeed very amusing.

Thompson – Thompson Health Officer, A. H. Crosier, wishes to ex-tend his thanks and appreciation to the people of Thompson borough who so readily and willingly re-sponded to the order of the Health Board by removing all rubbish and filth from their premises and also in the observance of all other orders by the merchants and fruit dealers. [In response to the infan-tile paralysis scare]

Montrose – “The Woman’s Law,” to be presented at the C-Nic Theatre, gives the story of a dis-solute New York millionaire, who forfeited his wife’s respect and affection by his notorious infideli-ties. There are many tense situa-tions in the drama, which is given in five parts. ALSO Mrs. Eleanor Chase Lortz and husband, Karl Lortz, of Montana, and J. C. Miller, have been spending ten days in Montrose. They are members of the Wild West Entertainers, who appeared at the county fair with a number of trained horses and dogs. Their entertainments were edify-ing and pleasing to all and attract-ed large crowds.

Franklin Twp. – F. M. Wilson has a walking stick that he prizes very highly, one coming down to him through several members of his family. It was cut by his grand-father, 75 years ago, in Iowa, be-ing a common water beech, but through the effect of a bitter sweet, which had snugly encircled it, it had grown into a very symmetri-cal, handsome shape, lending itself admirably to some skillful work in fashioning it into a most handsome walking stick. Mr. Wilson is a relative of A. B. Wilson, the man of world-wide fame as a sewing ma-chine inventor and manufacturer.

Lynn – All roads lead to the County Fair at Montrose this week. The weather is all that could be asked for, but the dusty roads are something fierce.

West Lenox – On Friday eve-ning several young people had a corn roast at the log cabin on the farm owned by Mason Tingley.

The evening was spent in toasting marsh mellows, roasting corn, bak-ing waffles and playing games. A fine time was enjoyed by all. Those present were: Mr. & Mrs. Mason Tingley and Mrs. Eddie Tingley, who acted as chaperones, Verna Tingley, Lillian Tingley, Gertrude Squires, Myra Empet, Frances Phil-lips, Gertrude Powers, Leda Ad-ams, James Tingley, Guy Empet, Wendell Phillips, Amos Adams, Charles Powers, Edwin Raught, Glen Rhodes.

Middletown Center – One of the fastest ball games of the sea-son was played on Haire’s park, Lawton, when Laurel Lake met the Middletown Center team and was defeated by a score of 11 to 3. The Laurel Lake team came over with the record of winning every game of the season, but went back with their colors down.

Forest City – Contractor Blox-ham, of this place, has a force of men building a twelve room dwell-ing house for Mrs. Emily Miller, on her property in Herrick Center, where the store burned down a year ago.

East Rush – Clark James started for Iowa last Monday, where he intends entering a theological col-lege.

Springville – Miss Jessie Pritchard, a former teacher in the Montrose High school, graduated Monday from Dr. Burns’ private hospital, in Scranton, as a profes-sional nurse. The day following Miss Pritchard started for Detroit, Mich., in charge of a patient.

Hop Bottom – Several families have moved away from town, leav-ing additional houses for rent at present. The crying need of Foster [Hop Bottom] village is that some industry should move in and fur-nish employment in order that men with families may not feel obliged to desert their own home town for want of work. ALSO – Among the young people who will attend Mansfield Normal this fall are Lena Corson, Pauline Taylor, Paul Hettis, Clarence Phillips and Thomas Lynch.

Jackson – George V. Larrabee, Sept. 1st, completed 20 years of ac-tive service for the publishers of the Susquehanna Daily Transcript and Weekly Ledger. His first news-paper work was in 1880, when as a writer for the late B. F. Haines, of Honesdale, he furnished articles for the Wayne Independent.

Gibson – Harry VanGorder, of Susquehanna, bought out L. B. Wilder’s store and Mr. Wilder will run a store in Johnson City. ALSO Byron Tiffany has sold the cream-ery here to a firm in Scranton and Mr. Goldberg is now in charge, with James Evans, at his same old place in making butter and cheese.

Clifford – A large touring car containing S. C. Whittmore and four others, turned turtle on the road near the residence of Jos. Kirkley last Monday. One lady has a fractured leg as a result and all were more or less injured. Dr. Fike was called and responded prompt-ly. The injured were carried to his home and all will probably be around soon except the victim of the broken limb.

ALSO While coming down the hill near A. S. Colvin’s, Monday, a car bearing a New York license, suddenly made a dash for the stone wall and arrived there in due time. The car was run to the garage of Wallace McAlla where the damage was soon repaired.

Tunkhannock – The first horse-less carriage, or automobile cab, passed through this place on July 11, 1899. It was owned by C. R. Woodin, of the firm of Woodin & Jackson, car builders at Berwick, Pa. The cab was built something like an overgrown buggy, a one cylinder engine being placed at the rear and connected with the axle by chain drive. The wheels were as high as ordinary wagon wheels and the machine was steered by a rod which bent over toward the driver’s seat, terminating with a handle. The vehicle weighed 1,700 lbs., was capable of making ten to fifteen miles per hour on good country roads, and would travel 20 miles on a gallon of gasoline. The Woodin’s came from Clifton Springs, N. Y. and took the train [to

Berwick], leaving his young chauf-feur to drive the machine home alone.

200 Years Ago from the Centinel, Montrose, PA, Sept. 16, 1816.

Married – on the 15th inst. by David Post, Esq. Mr. Daniel Greg-ory to Mrs. Huldah Miller, both of this township [Bridgewater].

Take Notice – All persons in-debted to the firm of HERRICK & FORDHAM, whose accounts have been over 90 days standing, must call and settle the same by the 15th of October next. ALL kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE will be tak-en in payment of debts if delivered by that time.

Public Sale – By virtue of the powers vested in us by the sev-eral acts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to Domes-tic Attachment, will be exposed to sale at public vendue or outcry, at the house of Samuel Fessenden in Bridgewater on the 23d day of Sept. inst. at 2 o’clock P.M. the following property, to wit: one cow, three swine, one colt, one steer, & one heifer, together with a quantity of Hay and Grain, attached at the suit of Ebenezer Parker and Sarah Cook Administrators of Colwell Cook deceased vs. Ozem Cook. JONAH BREWSTER, JOSHUA W. RAY-SFORD, Trustees.

Sept. 17 - McAndrew Me-morial Golf Tournament, Me-morial Links Golf Course, Sat., 4-6 person captain & crew. Cost $50 per person - 9 holes, cart, food, beverages, favor & a good time! Registration noon tee off 1 p.m. To sign up, sponsor a hole and/or donate a prize in memory of a loved one, please call John McAn-drew at 570-448-9200 or 570-470-0030. Please send checks to John at 106 Memorial Links Road, Waymart, PA 18472.

Sept. 24: FREE commu-nity lunch, Christ Episcopal Church, corner Delaware & Dundaff Streets, Forest City. Bring your family & friends & share some wonderful cama-raderie, Sat., noon – 1:30pm; (570) 785-3425 (please leave a message). Reservations re-quested to ensure sufficient foods are prepared.

Sept. 25 - 2016 Bud Caf-fery Memorial golf tourna-ment, Sun., Memorial Links Golf Course, Pleasant Mount, $70 registration fee - 18 holes of golf with cart, lunch, din-ner and prizes. Four person captain & crew format. Reg-istration 9:30 a.m. & 10 a.m. shotgun start. For more infor-mation or to sponsor a hole contact Tim Hall 570-448-2817 or Paul Walker at 570-448-2201. Deadline to register is Sept. 20.

Week of Sept. 19 MON. - Popcorn chicken, dipping sauces, oven crisp fries, glazed carrot coins, ba-nanas, chocolate chip cookie. TUES. - Hamburger or cheese-burger, lett. & tom., rosemary roasted potatoes, baked beans. WED. - Rotini pasta w/meat sauce, garlic bread stick, salad, steamed broccoli. THURS. - Turkey & melted cheese on pretzel bun, smiley fries, seasoned green beans. FRI. - Stromboli, side of sauce, salad, mixed up peas & corn. Alternate: Hot dog on a bun, cereal, sun butter & jelly sandwich. A La Carte: Cheese/buffalo crunchers & chicken fajita wrap. Alternates for HS: Everyday, Deli line-Made to order hoagie, choice of Turkey, ham, grilled chicken, tuna salad, or veggie. Monday & Thursday-Cheeseburger w/Let-tuce & Tomato; Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri-day-Breaded Chicken Filet on a Bun Grab & Go specials for the week-Turkey & cheese wrap, Chicken quesadilla, Chef’s Salad or Chicken Caesar salad

Assorted fruits, raw veggies, juices and milks available every day. 1% or fat free white & chocolate milk available daily.

BREAKFAST Monday - Pancakes, syrup

Tuesday - Egg & cheese on crois-sant

Wednesday - Yogurt w/G-Force bar

Thursday - Breakfast sausage pizza.

Friday - Bagel w/cream cheese or jelly. *Choice of assorted fruit or juice, milk. *Alternate breakfast: assorted whole grain or reduced sugar cereals.

FCR Golf teamSchedule listed

Art McLain, golf coach at Forest City Regional School, announced that this year’s golf program be-gan on Friday, August 19. The remainder of the season is as follows with all matches starting at 4PM:

Sept. 19 Blue RidgeSept. 22, Mid ValleySept. 26, Mt. View

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