PAGE FOUR THE POST, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940 J Neighborhood Notes And News Of Local Church Affairs Purely Personal By MRS. ARTHUR CULVER Home Phone 161 Office Phone 300 Miss Lois Mosier of Dallas Town- ship and Miss Betty Weaver of Wilkes-Barre spent several days last week in Washington, D. C. While they were there they attended a session of the House of Representa- tives and saw Mr. Garner in action. They returned Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph MacVeigh of Center Hill Road will have as their guests over the week-end the form- er’s sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Platt and family of Walling- ford, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoover of Idetown have as their guest Miss Phebe Krewson of Philadelphia. Miss Helen Jeter and her fiance, Ellsworth Wilto and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Wilto of Caldwell, N. J. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Jeter of Center Hill Road. Mrs. Vivienne Crosby and son, Drew, have been ill at their home in Idetown for the past week. Betty Rebenneck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rebennack of Meeker has been ill with a bad case of tonsilitis. oC wom Roxie Hoover, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoover of Ide- town, is back at school after being ill for several days. Mrs. E. R. Parrish of Idetown had as her guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. ; R. B. Knapp of Sprague Avenue, Kingston. Mrs. Harry Decker has been ill at her home in Meeker. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mosier and family of Laceyville spent Sunday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mosier. Sunday even- ing they went over to the T. E. Ruggles home at Pike's Creek for supper. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Masters of Sweet Valley have announced the birth of a daughter, April 29, at General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Niemeyer, Jr., have taken up their residence at Baltimore, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stair and family and Hank Price have moved into the Allen house across from the old Goss school house. Mr. and Mrs. Niles White have had as their guest for the past few weeks the latter’s aunt, Mrs. Axa Beers of New York City * % Mpre Walter Risley, Lake Street, spent several days this week visit- ing her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boston at Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Steelman who have been living on Charles Street, Kingston, are moving back into their own home at Trucksville this week. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Waldow announce the birth of a daughter at Mercy Hospital, April 22. This is the Waldow’s first daughter and second child. Mrs. Waldow is the former Miss Ruth Laux, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Laux of Shaver- town. : Mr. and Mrs. Galvin Duesler and the latter's brother, John Valaika have moved from Center Hill Road to Shavertown. Mr. and Mrs. George Dean have moved into the home vacated by the Dueslers. Mrs. Zigmund Harmon, Miss Mu- riel Lewin and Walter Lewin mo- tored on Wednesday to New York City where they visited their moth- er, Mrs. Anna Lewin. The Entre Nous Bridge Club will meet on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Jones, East Dallas. * kk Mrs. LaVerne Richardson sub- mitted to an operation last week at the New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, N. Y. Her condition is fair. Mr. Richardson returned to his home on Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Whitesell and Mrs. Kenneth Oliver entertained on Tues- “day evening at the home of the lat- ter on Claude Street at a card party for the benefit of the Dallas Junior Women’s Club. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Starr were din- ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Starr of Goss Manor on Sunday. They then motored to Turbettsville where they visited relatives. Stanley L. Moore of East Dallas is ill at his home. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chamberlain, Grand View Terrace celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary on Tues- day. ; Mrs. George Hofmeister, Lake Nu- angola, entertained the members of her pinochle club at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Oliver on Claude Street on Wednesday af- ternoon. Faith Kocher and John Honey- well visited Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Scouton of Harvey's Lake on Sun- day. Rev. and Mrs. David Morgan of Alderson attended the General Con- ference of the Methodist Church at Atlantic City, N. J., last week. ‘Honors Mrs. Wilfred Scouten At Shower Miss Jean Miller entertained at a shower at her home in Kunkle in honor of Mrs. Wilfred Scouten, Fri- day evening. Mrs. Scouten is the former Nellie Honeywell. The guest of honor received many useful and attractive gifts. Present were: Laura Rothery, | Stella Elston, Doris Hess, Martha Kunkle, Caroline Brace, Mable Mill« er, Florence Honeywell, Beatrice Scott, Mrs. Maggie Ellsworth, Jean Miller and Mrs. Scouten. Entertains At Party Dorothy Berlinski was hostess to a number of friends at a party at her home on Saginaw Avenue, Goss Manor, Sunday evening. were: Joe Novak, Florence Berlinski, Claire Rybarick, Helen Roberts, Michael Cebrick, Claire Berlinski, Theodore Levitski, Gertrude Berlin- ski, Andrew Yurko, Loretta Sharkas, George Cisko, Theresa Martin, Wal- ter Walluck, Joe Buzitski, Alex Tom- Ko, Dorothy Berlinski, Beverly Mar- tino and Mrs. A. M. Berlinski. Rotarians And Wives To Go to Buck Hill Falls A number of local Rotarians and their wives will attend the annual District Governor’s Convention held at Buck Hill Inn, May 5, 6, and 7. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Garinger, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hallock, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Kingsley, Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Bodycomb, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Richards, Mr. and Mrs, Granville Sowden, Mr. and Mrs. John Nichol- son and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin McHose. Returns To Trucksville Mrs. George W. Reynolds, Sr. who ' spent the winter in Florida, os returned to her home in Trucks- { ville. She was delighted by the evi- dences of Spring she saw .on her trip northward and was especially impressed by the profusion of dog- wood in Georgia. Although the winter in Florida was colder than usual, she says, she enjoyed her va- cation thoroughly. Beulah Brace, Bride of Walter Besteder Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Beulah Brace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brace of East Dallas, and Walter Kenneth Besteder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Besteder of Centermoreland, Friday, April 12, in the Dallas Meth- odist Church. Rev. Francis Free- man performed the ceremony. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Hess, brother-in-law and sis- ter of the bride, of Bound Brook, N. J. Mrs. Besteder wore a dusty pink tailored crepe dress with matching accessories. Her shoulder bouquet was of white gardenias and pink sweet peas. Mrs. Hess chose a navy blue redingote with black accessor- ies and a corsage of pink roses. The bride is a graduate of Dallas Township High School and Wilkes- Barre General Hospital and is well known as a nurse throughout the valley. Mr. Besteder was graduated from Dallas Borough High School and is employed in the Revenue De- partment at Harrisburg. Mrs. Morrissey, Hostess To Committee Women Mrs. James Morrissey of Shaver- town was hostess to Committee Wo- men of the Brownie Girl Scout Troop at her home Tuesday evening. Plans were discussed for the rally to be held in Kingston Armory, May 11. Present at the meeting were Mrs. Joseph Bailey, Mrs. R. J. Brislin, Mrs. Bert Crandall, Mrs. David Spry, Mrs. Peter Jurchak and Mrs. James Morrissey. Missionary Society To Meet Next Tuesday The Young Women’s Missionary Society of Dallas Methodist Church will meet Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Laura Patterson, Dallas. Emma Stookey will have charge of the program. There will be mite box opening. The serving commit- tee will have as members Emily Par- rish, Edith Jeter and Ruth Evans. Mrs. George Hofmeister will en- tertain her 500 club at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Oli- ver, next Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schultz ar- rived at their summer home on Terrace Drive on Tuesday after spending the winter in Miami. Finance Your New Car ... Through ... THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of DALLAS Member F. D. I. C. Pay Your Bills By Bank Money Order From Present | Reservations have been made by: ! Campus Breuities Students of the Shakespeare Class of College Misericordia will visit the Folger Library in Washington, D. C., this (Friday) morning to see the First Folios and the vast collection of Shakespearean In the group will be: Miss Mary gan, Hazleton; Miss Anne Marie Whalen, Freeland; Miss Charlotte Cranston, Arlington, Va.; Miss Katherine Kirschner, Washington, Miss Gertrude Dougherty, Sugar Notch; Miss Mollie Crossin, Luzerne and Miss Mary Murphy, Edwards- ville. Scores of L’Allegro disciples thronged to the Crystal ball- room of the Sterling Hotel last Friday night to attend the Jun- for Prom. Mary Corrigan, gen- eral chairman, was assisted by Ann Pendergast, Mary Mec- Groarty and Charlotte Crans- ton. The monthly meeting of the Wo- men’s Athletic Association of the college was held Tuesday and nom- inations were made, preparatory to electing officers and sports heads later this month. The following officers, all members of the Fresh- man Class, were nominated: Presi- dent, Betty Croop, Helen Mang; vice-president, Helen Claire Siga- foos, Mary Vahey; secretary, Anna Guido, Mary Ellen Schiff; treasurer, Grace McCauley, Margaret Strome; publicity manager, Regina Kelly, Doris McCarty. Misericordia will have dele- gates from biology, chemistry and physics departments at the first meeting of the Pennsyl- vania Chapter of the Catholic Round Table of Science at Rose- mont College, Rosemont, on Saturday. Ninety-four applications were filed with the Registrar for admission to the Competitive Scholarship Exam inations which were conductzd at the college Saturdcy. The appli- nants, selected from the upper fifth of their class, represented 43 schools of which 27 were public and 20 were parochial. The class in marionettes will sponsor a production of “Little Red Riding Hood” at the col- lege next Tuesday night. Fred Honeywell, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nulton, Corey Besteder, Flor- ence and Conrad Honeywell, all of Kunkle, motored to Patterson, N. J., on Sunday where they visited Colonel A. G. Lutkins. D. C.; Miss Charlot Harkins, Dallas; | contemporary ' treasures of the Elizabethan period. | They will be accompanied by the | been doing for those who are shut chairman of the English department. | in by illness. | { | | { | | | | | | | Mrs. Paul Bedford Is Hostess To Dallas Shut-In Society At Tea Mrs. Paul Bedford entertained members of the Dallas Branch Shut- in Society at her home on West South Street, Wilkes-Barre at tea Monday afternoon. Mrs. Bedford organized the society in the valley several years ago and has received national recognition for the splen- did work she and her helpers have What the local visitors have been Stuccio, Pittston; Miss Mary Corri-| able to accomplish and their plans for the future were discussed in- formally. Present were: Mrs. W. H. Conyng- ham, Mrs. R. J. Breslin, Mrs. Peter Jurchak, Mrs. Granville Sowden, Mrs. A. N. Garinger, Mrs. Ralph Hal- lock, Mrs. Victoria Blannett, Mrs. Warren Taylor, Mrs. H. A. Shap- pelle, Mrs. Hugh Riddall, Mrs. W. E. Batey, Mrs. L. F. Kingsley, Mrs. James Oliver, Mrs. Machell Hilde- brant, Mrs. Ray Shiber, Mrs. Shel- don Bennett, Mrs. Earl Monk. Woman's Club To Entertain At Tea Will Be Hostesses To Mothers Wednesday Plans have been completed for a Mother and Daughter Tea to be given by members of the Dallas Jun- ior Woman’s Club at the Irem Temple Country Club, Wednesday evening, May 8. Members are urg- ed to attend and bring their moth- ers as guests. The following program has been arranged: Address of Welcome, Mrs. Herbert Lundy, president; mu- sical selections by Glee Club, direct- ed by Mrs. Sara Stanford; greeting to mothers, Mrs. James Trebilcox; response to daughters, Mrs. Charles F. Smith; musical selections, How- ard Cosgrove; greetings and imper- sonations, Miss Agnes Hines of Col- lege Misericordia. Township Juniors To Give "Strawberry Kate’ Junior Class of Dallas Township high school will present “Strawberry Kate”, an uproarious comedy, Wed- nesday evening, May 22 at 8 o'clock. Members of the cast are: Patricia Norcross, Grace Mahler, Florence Rolinson, Roberta Quaill, Jane Eck- hart, Henrietta Spencer, Lillian Ward, George Moore, Donald Kried- ler, Arthur Kemmerer, Walter Weiss aid Walter Gerlach. Alice Fischer To Wed Robert Laux June 1 Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Alice Ruth Fischer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank X. Fischer of Wilkes-Barre and Robert W. Laux, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Laux of Shavertown, which will take place Baturday morning, June 1 at 8:45 in St. Mary's Church, Wilkes-Barre. Rev. Francis Schmidt of Scranton, cousin of Mr. Laux will officiate. Attendants will be Mrs. Frank J. Weis of Brooklyn, sister of Miss Fischer and Frederick J. Laux of Shavertown, brother of Mr. Laux. THE BOSTON STORE TR REG. u.s. PAT. OFF Keeps From the new concep ability. It i markable and pay for FOWLER. DICK and WALKER Paints, Second Floor of Beautiful Homethings AGAIN! JOUSE PAINT istry has come this remarkable new white House Paint to give you a and it stays whiter! Through its re- today’s dust and dirt are washed away by tomorrow's rain. Ask us, too, about the comvenient Budget Pay- ment Plan that enables you to protect your property mow, Mothers And Daughters Enjoy Annual Banquet A splendid crowd of mothers and daughters attended the annual Mother and Daughter Banquet held in the basement of the Dallas Meth- odist Church last evening. An interesting program was pre- sented by the following: Louise Colwell, group singing; Mrs. Doris Carey, toast to mothers, and Mrs. Eugene Fiske, toast to daugh- ters; Mrs. William Cairl, reading; Mrs. Dolores Trumbower, reading; Mrs. James Oliver, vocal solo; Miss Beryl Colwell, reading. Mrs. Wesley Himmler was in carge of the pro- gram. In Play Tournament Epworth League of East Dallas will present a one act play, “Elmer”, Thursday evening, May 2 at 8 o'clock when they compete with the Alderson and Idetown groups at Ide- town church, in the annual play tournament. Members of the cast are: Warren Stanton, Beatrice Cook, Robert Pickett, Margaret Brace, Wilma Brace, Fred Shupp, Jean Hildebrant, Marion Hildebrant and Beatrice Hil- debrant. Serve Chicken Dinner Meeker Ladies’ Aid Society served a chicken dinner to a class of men from the Primitive Methodist Church in Wilkes-Barre - Tuesday evening. Mrs. Ruth Rogers as pres- ident of the society had charge of the affair. = SPECIAL! $5 DUART PERMANENT WAVE $2.50 Complete MARGUERITE’S BEAUTY SHOP — MAIN ROAD — FERNBROOK—PHONE 397 IUMPHS NEW White Houses Whiter wonder-world of chem- tion of beauty and dur- s whiter at the start — “self-cleaning” . powers, 3.50 the work out of income. Mrs. | Alumni Make Plans For Spring Dance Officers were elected and plans made for its annual Spring Dance for the graduates at a recent meet- ing of Kingston Township High School Alumni Association. Elected were: Clarence Jones, president; Sarah Wagner, vice-president, and Helen Lawson, secretary-treasurer. Howard Isaacs was named chair- man in charge of the annual dance to be given the Kingston Township High School graduating class on June 5 in the high school auditor- ium. Sarah Wagner was appointed co-chairman and Sheldon Nichols was named in charge of tickets. Robert Albertson will have charge of decorations and Ruth Schwartz is handling the advertising and pub- licity. Dancing will start at 8:30 and continue until 12:30. Music will be by Elwood Terry’s orchestra. Tickets may be obtained from mem- bers of the Alumni Association. HIMMLER THEATRE | DALLAS, PA. MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY AT 2 THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY “His Girl Friday” Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell Comedy—Two Cartoons—Serial MONDAY AND TUESDAY % DOUBLE FEATURE * “The Return of Dr. X”’ with Humphrey Bogart — and — “Earl of Chicago” with Robert Montgomery WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY “Barricade” Alice Faye and Warner Baxter Comedy—News—Travel Talk | “Northwest Passage” [ with Spencer Tracy Serial PX PBX PN PPI Sale . home . . . The LAST TWO DAYS Mrs. VanBuskirk Gives Luncheon Entertains For Women Who Cleaned Church Mrs. Charles VanBuskirk enter- tained at her home in Meeker for the women who helped clean the Meeker church at a luncheon Fri- day. Games were played and prizes won by Mrs. Edna Karschner, Mrs. George Weintz and Miss Grace Ide. Present were: Mrs. Edna Karsch-~ ner, Mrs. Elizabeth Ide, Mrs. Walter Wolfe, Mrs. George Weintz, Mrs. Ruth Rogers, Miss Letha Wolfe, and Miss Grace Ide and the hostess. — FREE — BASEBALL HAT A dandy felt hat with gold button and lovely colors, with every o®e BOY’S SWEATER rae AT $1—51.49—81.98 ® Sizes run from small through medium to large. Button and zipper fronts, with and without sleeves. o®e THE LADY'S SHOP MAIN STREET DALLAS Last Two Days of this great Store-wide . . Plan now to take advantage of the savings and buy brand new spring needs for your family, yourself and your savings are unusual and it will pay you to walk thru the store, visit every department and SAVE. Children’s Sample Shoes 1.80 Values to 4.50 | Samples of dress and sport | shoes in styles for boys and Quality Mattress Covers Regularly 1.29 Heavy unbleached muslin sheeting covers. 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