Kathryn Quick

Manville a History Enduring Kathryn Quick

Publisher Marketing: When we embarked on this project to write a book about Manville, we were met with an enthusiastic response. Our appeal to the people of this town for Photos, stories and relics of this community's past was met with an outpouring of material. Residents were generous with the photos of their family and friends engaged in clubs and activities, working at businesses and at their homes. They brought us wonderful stories about the history of the town and its evolution. We sincerely thank them for their contributions. This book is for you and we hope that you will find your stories and memories well represented. The original motivation to embark on the project was John Shutack, who unfortunately is not here to see its completion. We have many others to thanks for their contributions including Ruth Bielanski for all of her assistance, George Jakelsky for his extensive knowledge of the people, places, clubs and activities of Manville and Rudy Nowak for recommending, Kathryn Quick, who complied the history for the book. We sincerely thank Kathryn Quick, a town resident and author, who graciously contributed so much time and energy to this project. This is an on-going project with new history being written each day. We look forward to the next volume and encourage all of our community to save their memories and photos to share with the people of Manville in the future. -A. Sandy Filipinni Contributor Bio:  Quick, Kathryn A native of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Kathryn Quick has been writing since the sisters of St. Casmir s Grammar School gave her ruled yellow paper and a number-two pencil. She originally planned to earn a PhD and run for president of the United States, but opted to become a writer instead. She is a past president of the New Jersey Romance Writers and a founding member of Liberty States Fiction Writers, a multi-genre writers organization dedicated to furthering the craft of writing. Her novels include Tis the Season, Sapphire, and Daughters of the Moon, as well as Firebrand, which she co-wrote with Patt Mihailoff, under the pen name P. K. Eden. When she isn t writing, she works for the Somerset County government and enjoys life with her husband, Donald, their sons, and their grandchildren.