Hello:
My Grandfather, Frank Balon, migrated from Poland in the late 19th century. I believe that he had a brother Michael who came to Pennsylvania sometime later. Frank settled in a small mining town in Northeast Pa. named Freeland. There he opened a bar and boarding house. My Father Stanley, who was born in 1919, took over this buisness after returning home from WW2. Stanley is the youngest of 6 children. I was born in 1960 and still live in the same building that my Grandfather started the bar in. The bar no longer exists.