A2 THE SUNDAY TIMES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Hall of Fame sportscaster Vin Scully is 93. Blues singer-musician John Mayall is 87. Actor Diane Ladd is 85. Songwriter Mark James is 80. Composer-musician Chuck Mangione is 80. Country singer Jody Miller is 79. Pop singer-musician Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals) is 78.

Former Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee is 74. Actor Jeff Fahey is 68. Movie director Joel Coen is 66. Actor-comedian-celebrity judge Howie Mandel is 65. Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano is 63. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is 61. Actor Cathy Moriarty is 60. Actor Kim Delaney is 59. Actor Tom Sizemore is 59. Actor Andrew McCarthy is 58. Actor Don Cheadle is 56. Actor-producer Neill Barry is 55. Pop

singer Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) is 52. Rock musician Martin Carr (Boo Radleys) is 52. Actor Jennifer Elise Cox is 51. Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera is 51. Actor Larry Joe Campbell is 50. Rock musician Frank Delgado (Deftones) is 50. Actor Paola Turbay is 50. Contemporary Christian singer Crowder is 49. Actor Gena Lee Nolin is 49. Actor Brian Baumgartner is 48. Actor Julian Ovenden is 45. Actor Anna Faris is 44. Gospel singer James Fortune is 43. Actor Lauren German is 42. Rapper The Game is 41. Actor Janina Gavankar is 40. Rock musician Ringo Garza is 39. Actor-comedian John Milhiser is 39. Actor Lucas Black is 38. Actor Diego Boneta is 30. Actor Lovie Simone (TV: “Greenleaf”) is 22.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2020. There are 32 days left in the year.

In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.

In 1910, British explorer Robert F. Scott’s ship Terra Nova set sail from New Zealand, carry-ing Scott’s expedition on its ultimately futile — as well as fatal — race to reach the South Pole first.

In 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June and photographer Ashley McKinney made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.

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ObituariesPhilip B. Brigido ..................A13

Pauline Cherra ....................A13

Gloria J. Consagra...............A12

His Eminence

Archbishop David. ............A13

Michael Adam

Legersky Frankovsky ........A13

Patricia Gaughan .................A12

Carol Carey Green ...............A12

Phyllis (Mitchell) Grzebin ......A13

Mary C. Hulse.....................A13

Elvira R. Kriger ....................A14

Jacob James Montanez .......A12

Joseph M. Musewicz ...........A12

Marjorie ‘Margie’ J. Nagle ....A13

Neil Rogers ........................A14

Earl Scott Jr. .......................A13

Helen T. Slusser..................A12

Jean Ann (Wyshock) Walsh ...A12

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Car club donates to children’s program

The Villa Capri Cruisers Car Club recently donated $500 to the Children’s Christmas Program at the Peckville Assembly of God. Standing, from left: club members Mike Macedonia and Rich Mroczka, Bonnie White accepting the check on behalf of the church, club members Pat Valvano, Sal Pizzo and Frank Valvano. In front are some of the children benefiting from the donation.

Nov. 29, 1980

Section of turnpike could become toll-free

The Lackawanna County Consoli-dated Turnpike Committee was wait-ing to hear from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission if the final 17-mile stretch of the Northeast Ex-tension of the Turnpike was to be a toll-free road.

The Lackawanna County Consoli-dated Turnpike Committee developed a proposal to convert the section to toll-free road because it would save the turnpike commission some $2 mil-lion a year if they turned the section over to PennDOT. The committee said the turnpike only collected $205,000 a year in tolls.

The committee added that new in-terchanges created along the 17-mile stretch could have given an economic boost to the region by the development of industrial parts.

Blondie at 50

In the 50 years prior to 1980, readers had enjoyed reading about the lives

of the Bumsteand family in the comic “Blondie.”

The comic was created by Murat “Chic” Young and started appearing in newspapers on Sept. 8, 1930. The comic follows the lives of a young couple, Blondie and Dagwood. In the early days, Dagwood was disinherited by his tycoon father for marrying a flapper named Blondie. The couple would later move to the suburbs once Dagwood got a good office job.

Over the years, readers were intro-duced to many more characters, such as the Bumsteads’ children — son “Baby Dumpling,” also known as Alexander, and daughter, Cookie; family dog, Daisy; Mr. Dithers, Dagwood’s boss; and Herb and Tootsie Woodley, the Bumsteads’ neighbors.

“Blondie” started running in the Scranton Times on Sept. 12, 1938, and is still running today.

TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES

The “Blondie” comic by Chic Young from Sept. 12, 1938. This was the first time the comic appeared in the Scranton Times. It still appears in the paper daily.

BRIAN FULTON, library manager, oversees The Times-Tribune’s expansive digital and paper archives and is an authority on local history. Contact Brian at bfulton@timesshamrock.com or 570-348-9140.

BRIAN FULTON’S DAY IN HISTORY — 40 YEARS AGO

Local student designs card

Ellie Kloss’ festive holiday greeting card is featured in Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylva-nia and West Virginia’s holiday card set.

Ellie’s card featured hand-drawn penguins and snowmen stringing up Christmas lights.

Of Spring Brook Twp., El-lie, 16, is waiting on her wish to go to Hawaii.

The festive greeting cards are all designed by wish chil-dren. They are available at $15 for a package of 15 cards, which also includes enve-lopes. Proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylva-nia and West Virginia. The

inside message varies with each card. The back of the cards feature the child’s name, hometown, age, medical condition and wish.

To view color samples of the cards or place an order, visit www.wish.org/greaterpawv/holidaycards2020. For details or to place an or-der over the phone, call 1-800-676-9474.

High notes

Henry Matute Coello, Maggie Perry,

Dean Pet-tinato and Wayne Evans were appointed to the Neigh-borWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania board of directors.

Coello is a coordinator for co-curricular programs at Penn State Scranton.

“Joining the board of a great organiza-tion is something that I have wanted to do for some time,” he said. “The mission of NeighborWorks is great. I’m looking forward to gaining knowledge and to be able to help others in the community, especially the His-panic/Latino population.”

Perry serves as the grant manager for the city of Scranton.

“The NeighborWorks mission really reso-nates with me, as I believe in the important role our neighborhoods play in the overall well-being of the community,” she said. “I am honored to be part of the Neighbor-Works board both personally and profes-sionally.”

Pettinato is the principal of the Scran-

ton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. Born and raised in Clarks Sum-mit, he lives

in Scott Twp. with his wife, Sarah, and two daughters, Adrianna and Emma.

“I am so excited to be a part of such a wonderful organization,” he said. “I look forward to contributing to the community and working with NeighborWorks North-east PA.”

Evans is the broker/owner of Wayne Ev-ans Realty and recently received an accredita-tion in new urbanism planning from the Con-gress of New Urbanism in partnership with the University of Miami Architecture School.

“With my background as a community ac-tivist for most of my life, as well as a former city councilman and mayor, working with NeighborWorks is a perfect fit,” he said. “I have always been impressed with the work that NeighborWorks has done over the years, and I am excited to be part of their immedi-ate future.”

PETTINATO COELLOEVANSPERRY

VNA, Meals on Wheels partner to collect socks for Christmas

The Visiting Nurse Association has part-nered with Meals on Wheels of Lackawanna County to collect new adult socks. The socks will be distributed to each of the MOW clients for Christmas. The goal is to collect 1,000 pairs of socks by Dec. 4. Donations can be dropped off at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Dunmore, Queen of Angels Parish, Jessup, Christ the King Parish, Archbald, St. Mary’s Church, Eynon, and the VNA office, 301 Delaware Ave., Olyphant. Students at LaSalle Academy, Jessup, and St. Mary of Mt. Carmel School, Dunmore, are also participating. From left: Margy Conway, volunteer; Marina Pambianco, VNA volunteer coordinator; and Mary Claire Costanzo, volunteer. Absent from photo is Duane Sprovach.