Anne Mary Vidunas Beretsky, part 7 of 8

Anne Vidunas Beretsky 1970s

1976, Brother John Joseph Vidunas dies
Nothing else happened in this decade that I am aware of.  Did she retire?  Did she keep up with church functions and community functions?

(Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 

the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record, 

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1972)

1970

(Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 

the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record, 

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1970)

In Other News:
1970  -- National Guard murders 4 students at Kent State University;  Microprocessor begins processing things http://ourtimelines.com/hpages/zkentstate.html
1971  -- War flares up in Pakistan; Intel ships the very first uProcessor, the 4004 http://ourtimelines.com/hpages/zpakwar.html
1973  -- The awful North Atlantic Trash patch was first discovered in this year; The October war between Israel and the Arabic nations erupts; The Internet becomes a thing (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

http://ourtimelines.com/hpages/zoctwar.html

1974 Nurses, (clusterpile, 2010)

1974

President Nixon resigns in disgrace ala the Watergate Scandal

Gerald Ford becomes the 38th President of the United States

1974 Gerald Ford
(Wikipedia -- Ford, 2018)

President Gerald Ford Quote: -- "Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time" (Ford, 2018)

In Other News:
1975  -- Ebola virus appears for the first time and is found to be 90% lethal!; Byte Magazine for computer geeks publishes it's first issue; the first home computer called The Altair 8800a begins connecting our worlds (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

(Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 

the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record 

(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) , 1975)

1976

16 November 1976 -- brother John J. Vidunas dies

Anne Vidunas Beretsky mentioned in
John J. Vidunas obituary

(Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News

Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1976)

John J. Vidunas, 13 Cherry Street, Kingston, died Tuesday night in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital ... Surviving are ... sisters, Mrs. Stella Lowman, Kingston; Mrs. Ann Beretsky, Edwardsville.  Burial ... in St. Mary's Annunciation Church, Interment Parish Cemetery.

In Other News:  -- America celebrates her Bicentennial -- Happy 200th birthday!; Whites accept the principle of black majority rule in South Africa; Television begins satellite delivery; VHS Video Recordings begin entertaining us (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

1977 Simpson's Leader Times Feb 24, 1977

1977

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. becomes the 39th President of the United States

1977 Jimmy Carter
(Wikipedia -- Carter, 2018)

President Jimmy Carter Quote: -- "Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing ... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers.  This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world" (Carter, 2018).

In Other News:
1977  -- The Neutron Bomb is developed with a bang!
1978  -- Jonestown pseudoreligious group commits mass suicide in which 913 people die -- they drank poisoned popular drink, thus begins the term "they drank the Kool-Aide" to describe one who follows a leader blindly; the first test tube baby was born; Laserdisc video recordings gives VHS a run for the money and were actually better -- sort of like huge CDs
1979 -- Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister; and Three Mile Island nuclear event happens (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

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Resources

Carter, J. (2018). Jimmy Carter Quotes. Retrieved June 2018, from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/jimmy_carter

clusterpile. (2010). Nurses. Retrieved December 11, 2019, from Wordpress -- clusterpile: https://clusterpile.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/nurses/amp/
Ford, G. R. (2018). Gerald R. Ford Quotes. Retrieved June 2018, from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/gerald_r_ford

OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. (Timelines courtesy of www.ourtimelines.com. Timeline formatting and technology copyright © 2000-2018 ourtimelines.com, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under the Pan-American Conventions.) Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/

Wikipedia -- Carter. (2018, June 23). Jimmy Carter, 39th President. Retrieved June 25, 2018, from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter

Wikipedia -- Ford. (2018, June 24). Gerald Ford, 38th President. Retrieved June 25, 2018, from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (1970, December 9). 1970 Clip Art Camera. Retrieved June 9, 2018, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (1972, November 24). 1972 clip art doll Cynthia. Retrieved June 9, 2018, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) . (1975, August 14). 1975 Clip Art Clothing Kids. Retrieved June 9, 2018, from Newspapers.com.
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (1976, November 18). John J. Vidunas 1976 obituary. Retrieved June 9, 2018, from newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

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Anne Mary Vidunas Beretsky, part 5 of 8

Anne Vidunas Beretsky 1950s

1950 death of son Donald Beretsky

1950

23 January 1950 -- Son Donald Beretsky dies, aged 1 1/2 years old

Donald Beretsky 1950 Death Certificate

He had been born 17 July 1948 in Kingston at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital.  He died of GastroEnteroColitis which lasted for more than a day, dying in the same hospital.  They were living at 237 Nesbitt Street, in Larksville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.  Incidentally, Ann's name is mis-written as Bardunas.  The informant was they boy's father, George Beretsky, and we have a sample of his signature.  Baby Donald was buried two days later at St. Ignatius Cemetery in Pringle, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Gastroenterocolitis

Commonly known as the "stomach flu" but it is an inflammation (-itis) of the lining of the stomach (gastro-) and intestines (entero-), caused by a virus or bacteria or parasites.  The viral kind is the scond most common illness in the US, typically Norovirus.  Symptoms include abdominal pain, vomiting, fever and chills, but the most common problem is dehydration.  This happens most in babies, young children.  The best prevention is washing hands with soap and water, frequently (Medline, 2019).

237 Nesbitt Street

Anne Vidunas Beretsky 1950 residence
Google Maps
Yellow highlited are other Vidunas events in Edwardsville

Anne Vidunas Beretsky 1950 residence
Google Maps Streetview, April 2012
looks like the back side of the building

Anne Vidunas Beretsky 1950 residence
Google Maps Satellite View
this gives us an idea the home might be on the back of the building

Nesbit Memorial Hospital, Kingston PA

(Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online, 1930-1945)

St Ignatius Cemetery, Pringle, Luzerne PA

St Ignatius Cemetery on Hoyt Street
Pringle, Luzerne PA
Red is the cemetery
Yellow are other Vidunas events

In Other News:

1950  -- Bunche becomes the very First Black to win the Nobel Peace Prize;  World population is estimated at 2.4 billion this year; The Korean War starts up; and McCarthyism tries to fight communism in our communities
1951 -- Electricity from Atomic Power begins to light up our lives (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

1950 nurses from clusterpile

(clusterpile, 2010)

1952

Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th President of the United States

1952 - 1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President
(Wikipedia -- Eisenhower, 2018)

President Eisenhower Quote: -- "What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight -- it's the size of the fight in the dog" (Eisenhower, 2018)

1950s Buy Victory Bonds weird_vintage_ads_10

In Other News:
1952  -- The First Thermonuclear Device is detonated;  Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) begins her long reign as Queen of England
1954  -- Racial segregation in schools is ruled unconstitutional -- until later years; UN Suffrage gives women the right to vote
1955  -- Warsaw pact is formed; Fiber Optics is a fascinating development; Salk's Polio Vaccine means children will not have to live out there lives in an iron lung; and Velcro starts to secure our edges together
1956  -- The Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the Stockholm, and sinks
1957  -- The Sputnik is launched, the first artificial satellite (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

1958

1951 clip art, Wife in chains
Columbus_Daily_Enquirer_1951-10-24_12

In Other News:
1958  -- US space agency -- NASA -- is launched; FM Stereo begins broadcasting; Integrated Circuit is integrated into our lives; and Stereo LP recordings come intu usage, for which the teens are forever grateful
1959  -- Alaska enters the union as the 49th state; Hawaii enters the union as the 50th state; and the First nuclear powered merchant vessel, the Savannah, gets under way (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

1951 ANC2_surgical_nurse

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Resources

clusterpile. (2010). Nurses. Retrieved December 11, 2019, from Wordpress -- clusterpile: https://clusterpile.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/nurses/amp/
Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online. (1930-1945). Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, PA. (W.-B. P. The Mebane Greeting Card Co., Producer) Retrieved December 11, 2019, from Boston Public Library, Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:gx41nq022
Eisenhower, D. D. (2018). Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes. Retrieved June 2018, from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/dwight_d_eisenhower
Medline. (2019, July 24). Gastroenteritis. Retrieved December 11, 2019, from MedlinePlus: https://medlineplus.gov/gastroenteritis.html

OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. (Timelines courtesy of www.ourtimelines.com. Timeline formatting and technology copyright © 2000-2018 ourtimelines.com, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under the Pan-American Conventions.) Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/

Wikipedia -- Eisenhower. (2018, June 23). Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President. Retrieved June 23, 2018, from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower

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