\” ‘Neighborhood Notes And News Of Local Church Affairs COUNTRY DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER Purely Personal By MRS. ARTHUR CULVER Home Phone 161 Office Phone 300 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayer of Lake St. have had as guests the lat- ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Adelman of Detroit. Miss Doris Roberts who is em- ployed at Harrisburg spent the week end as guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Roberts of Main St. Word has been received from the Himmlers and Olivers who have taken an apartment at Miami] Beach. They are enjoying the leisure and spring weather. They expect to remain two weeks longer. Mrs. George Smith who has been ill at her home in Alderson has been removed to the Nesbitt Hospi- tal. Her condition is serious. Mrs. Celeste Prutzman who been a patient at the General Hos- - pital was brought to her home in Huntsville Wednesday. Her condi- ‘tion is still serious.’ * ¥ ¥ Harold Kepner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kepner of Goss Manor has joined the army and left for Tampa, Florida, where he will be stationed on Sunday. Wayne Harvey who has been the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harvey of Cemetery St., re- turned to Tampa, Florida where he is stationed with the United States Army on Sunday. ~ Mr. and Mrs. William Franklin of Cemetery St. entertained James ~ Franklin and Merle Templin at din- ner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin en- tertained Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Russell Shaver, Mr. and Mrs. William Franklin, Mrs. Charles Kins- man, Mrs. Ruth Bytheway and son, Charles, Sunday evening. : * kk Mrs. Harold Rood has been con- fined to her home on Lehman Ave. by illness. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wright had as dinner guests recently Rev. and Mrs. Frank Abbott and family of ~ Lehman. Fred Baur of Penn's Grove, Pa, spent the week end at his home in Dallas. Fred is employed by the I. E. Dupont people. Mrs. G. A. Baur and Miss Myrtle Lamoroux have both been ill with the influenza at Los Angles where they are spending the winter. John Nicholson who has been ill at his home on Norton Ave. with in- fluenza is able to return to business. Mrs. Nicholson is still ill. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Shields of East Dallas announce the birth of a son, George Franklin, at their home Thursday. ® % ® Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hemenway of Trucksville announce the birth of a daughter at General Hospital January 27. : Mrs. Florence Fuller of Dover, New Jersey and Harry Cisco of Bellvue, New Jersey visited Mrs. Corey Crispell’ of East Dallas last week-end. Frank Yop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Yop, of East Dallas has accepted - a position in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Strittmatter and son, Barry Howard, of Philadel- phia were the guests of Mrs. Edith Gerlach of East Dallas last week- end. Mrs. Leslie Stanton of East Dal- las has been ill with .the grip. The Bruce Shaver family at Ide- town who have had a long siege of influenza are all able to be around again. * * % Mrs. Nelson Moore of East Dallas has recovered from a recent illness. Mr. and ‘Mrs. Pat Armitage and family of Oak St., Wilkes-Barre and Plat Grohowski of Larksville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Armitage at Alderson. Mrs. Peter Kuchta and daughter, Judy, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gar- inger at Alderson. : ‘Mrs. Clarence: Adams of Davis St., Trucksville, submitted to an operation at General Hospital Sat- urday. Her condition is good. Warren Chamberlain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chamberlain of Goss Manor has been out of school be- cause of illness this week. Miss Martha Zehner, teacher at the Dallas Township, will spend the week end with her parents in Bloomsburg. * % % Mrs. John Nicholson was hostess . to members of her bridge club at her home on Norton Ave. last Mon- day. % Milton Culp and the Culp child- ren have been confined to their home in Huntsville by illness. Mrs. Melvin Mosier has been con- fined to her home at Kunkle ever since New Year's. She is improving. Misses Antonia Kozemchak and Lena Van Tuyl, members of the Dal- las Township school faculty are ill at their homes. Mr. Armstrong Walsh of Plains and Mrs. Fred Hugh- ey of Fernbrook are substituting for them. ? : Mrs. Allan W. Sanford and daugh- ter, Mildred, attended the wedding of Miss Mildred Cora Stillman and Andrew C. Overpeck, Jr., both of Forty Fort, in the Kingston Presby- terian Church, on Saturday after- == SNOW AND FRIENDLY COPS MAKE WINTER WONDERLAND FOR DALLAS YOUNGSTERS It’s been nice to see bob sleds filled with apple cheeked youngsters go whizzing by the office this week. Clifford Space’s ‘old sled chock full of squealing Girl Scouts would have done anybody’s heart good as it jingled round and ’round over the hills Wednesday afternoon. Tom Brown and his cutter were a merry sight too—with whoop- - ing friends piled three deep. Evenings Norton Avenue swarmed with youthful tabog- ganers who belly flopped down to the highway where their good friend Chief Covert cheer- fully stood guard. We even took a tumble ourself and shot down the driveway like a gust of wind, thus contributing our bit to the Back Mountain winter sports program. Report cards were distributed at Dallas Township schools last Wed- nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dennis and Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of Kingston were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kemmerer, Harris Street, on Thursday. Miss Emma Shaver of Glenview Terrace was the guest of Miss Honor Roache of Wilkes-Barre last week- end. Melvin Compton, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Compton, is ill at his home in East Dallas. Julius Shultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Shultz, is ill with rheumatic fever at his home in East Dallas. Mrs. James Harfman of Terrace Street, Fernbrook, has returned home after visiting her sister, Mrs. Phil Bachman of McAdoo, the past two weeks. Rev. Samuel R. Nichols of Glen- view Terrace is seriously ill at his home. * ¥ ¥ Marvin Elston, Ted Cobleigh and Abbie Miller of Kunkle, spent Mon- day and Tuesday of this week in New York City. Miss Loraine Fitzgerald, Fern- brook, is visiting her brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Rich- tard Seymour in Philadglphia. Byron Atkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Atkinson, Davenport Street, is at the CCC camp at North- umberland. * %* *x Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schlingmann and son returned from Miami to their home at Irem Temple Country Club Monday evening. Mrs. Catherine Lemke has had grip at her home in Shavertown. Miss Romayne Harvey has been ill at her home on Cemetery Street for the past week. Miss Maude Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones of Goss Manor started a course in beauty culture with Madame Fenwick last week. Mrs. Silas Long visited old friends in Dallas on Wednesday. Mrs. Long is the former Mrs. Robert Allen and is making her home in Wilkes- Barre. Bob, Jr., who is 15 now, is a student at Girard College. * x % Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kiefer, Shrine View, entertained on Thursday evening a group of friends. Mrs. Kenneth Oliver entertained on Thursday evening at her home in honor of Mr. Oliver, who cele- brated his birthday anniversary. Miss Grace Cave has recovered from her recent illness and has re- sumed her duties. ¢ % % A Robert Tompkins, Chicago, form- erly of Dallas, is attending Pennsyl- vania State College, where he is taking a six month course in Pro- duction Engineering. Mrs. Tomp- kins, the former Miss Katherine Harding of Dallas and Wilkes-Barre, is visiting her mother in Wilkes- Barre, while Mr. Tompkins is at- tending school. Peynton Lee, Machell Avenue, is working in Towanda instead of Ash- ley. He was transferred last week. Jack Roberts, who has been suf- fering from an infected finger is much improved. Lawrence Lee was guest of honor on Sunday at a family dinner given by his aunt, Miss Maude Brother- hood. Mr. Lee will leave for Indian- town Gap in February. * ¥ * Mrs. L. A. Tompkins and daugh- ter, Katherine, of Overbrook Ave- nue, are spending sometime in Flor- ida and South Carolina, where they are guests of the former’s son and daughter-in-law. Johnny Hauck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hauck, Lehman Avenue, is ill at his home. Mrs. Henry Busch, Center Hill Road, spent the week in Auburn, where she was called by the death of her uncle. Mr. Busch drove up to Auburn for the weekend and Mrs. Busch accompanied him home. Addison Woolbert, who has been ill, is able to be around again. Mrs. noon. - Woolbert is improving. Entertain Family At Dinner Party Rugustus Denmons Are Hosts Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Denmon of Beaumont entertained at a family dinner last Sunday the following: Mr. and Mrs. John Denmon and daughter, Alberta, Mrs. Mary Shot- well of Uleta, Florida; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wilsey of Marsh Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hoppfer and children, Ronald, David and Clara of Noxen; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Elston and children, Helen, Lena, Eleanor and Jerry of Kunkle; Mrs. Clifford Eustice, Mrs. Elizabeth Denman, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Shotwell, Mrs. Nel- lie Sickler of Tunkhannock; Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Weus and daughter, Anna Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Den- | man and son, Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Stanley Denmon and Clifford Denmon of Beaumont. To Be Married Mrs. Agnes Berlinski of Goss Man- or announces the approaching mar- Theodore Levitski, son of Mrs. Méry Levitski of Swoyersville. The wed- ding will take place on February 22. Attend Commencement Exercises At Girard Shirley and Louise Malkemes, Mr. Lynn Webster, of Shavertown, Mrs. Mrs. John H. Lowe of Fernbrook, attended the graduation exercises at -Girard College, Philadelphia on Wednesday Evening. William C. Malkemes, son of Mrs. Malkemes, was a member of the class. He has been at the college nine years and has completed the Commercial Course. He was Vice President of the Commercial Club, Secretary of the Journalist Club and Sports Edi- tor of the Girard News, the school paper. His brother, ' Charles, will graduate from the Mechanical De- partment of the College in 1943. Entertains Classmates At Sleighriding Party Joy Baltimore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Baltimore, enter- tained school mates at her home on Pioneer Avenue, at a sleigh riding party Sunday afternoon. Guests were: Barbara Hope, Clyde Hope, John Hope, Doris Kemmerer, Vir- ginia Starr, Alberta Schrader, Don- ald Perrigo, Diana Llewellyn, Jules Baltimore, Carmie Baltimore, Ileen O'Boyle, Katherine O’boyle, James Griffin, Myra Reese, Barbara Fado and the hostess. Give Birthday Party For Daughter Marilla Mr. and Mrs. Harry Martin of East Dallas entertained for their daugh- ter, Marilla, who celebrated her seventeenth birthday, Thursday evening. Guests were Ellen Gerlach, Dorothy Hunter, Alice Brace, Bea- trice Cooke, Doris Wandell, Jean Hildebrant, Joseph Cavanaugh, John Turner, Fred Etzel, William Sutton, Donald Metzger, Donald Cosgrove and the guest of honor. From The Balmy South As we brooded over snow filled flower boxes and frigid icicles on our office window, we stopped shi- vering long enough to envy the Wil- coxes when we received their card from balmy St. Petersburg Monday. “We came here from Miami. Hav- ing a lovely time. Please mail the Post to this address: 1315 Tangerine Ave. St. Petersburg.” We did—and had half a notion to go with it. Card Party Hostess Miss Gloria Chance of Harris Street, Fernbrook entertained at a card party at her home Saturday evening. Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. William Fredrick, Mr. and Mrs. Sam- muel Keithline, Miss Phyllis Wolfe, Miss June Chance, William Jones, Keith Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chance and William Deisenroth. Mr. and. Mrs. Kenneth Oliver, Claude Street, spent the weekend in Danville, where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph MacCaffery. Mrs. George Hoffmeister enter- tained the members of her 500 club on Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling White, St. Louis, Missouri, were guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hauck of Lehman Avenue. * ¥ % Penny Lee is ill at his home on Machell Avenue. Mrs. Sterling Machell will enter- tain at a desert party at her home on Machell Avenue this afternoon. Street will move shortly to Goss Manor. Lott Thompson is improving after a recent illness. Jimmie Gansel, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Gansel of Claude Street Wednesday night and operated on was rushed to General Hospital - for appendicitis yesterday morning. riage of her daughter, Gertrude, tof Mr. and Mrs. John Yaple of Church | singing, modeling, doing secretarial Glamorous Mary Patton, cast in the role of Marie Martel in the Mrs. Katherine Malkemes, Misses | NBC “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter” series earned her way to stardom work and selling dresses. She is the | daughter. of a country doctor, and was born in Duluth, Minn., in 1916. Hannah Lewis, of Wilkes-Barre, and | The lovely star is blonde and has blue eyes. - # Mrs. Sherman P. Frantz was hon- | ored at a family party at her home in Lehman on Thursday——her sev- enty-fifth birthday anniversary = tivities started in the early after- noon with visits of friends and rela- tives from a distance, and were con- cluded with a family dinner—opre- pared by the guest of honor—and the cutting of a golden birthday cake surmounted with silver candles. Entertainment included recita- tions by W. R. Neeley, brother of Mrs. Frantz, and singing and novelty numbers by her grand niece, Marcia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Elston. During the evening there was group singing and recounting of incidents of former years. Mrs. Frantz has enjoyed remark- able health throughout her life and is active in the affairs of Huntsville Methodist Church and Luzerne Mrs. Sherman Frantz Honored On Her Seventy-tifth Birthday furch where she was a for many years while living at community. She also takes a keen interest in the work of Nes- bitt Hospital Auxiliary. Among her guests were her daughters, Mrs. George Watkins of Binghamton, Mrs. Harry B. Allen of Alderson, her brothers, W. R. Neely of Lehman and A. A. Neeley of Ide- town. Others present were: Harry B. Allen, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Allen, Jr., and son, Harry Allen, III and daughter, Joan, Alderson; Mrs. A. A. Neeley, Idetown; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore, East Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hawke, Bear Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Frantz, Strouds- burg; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swanson, Alderson; Doris Crocker, and Mrs. William Elston and daughter, Mar- cia of Lehman. Methodist mem Surprise Mrs. Schmerer With House Warming A number of friends held a sur- prise house warming for Mrs. Joseph Schmerer at her new home on Par- rish St. Monday evening. Cards were played and prizes won by Mrs. Rich- ard Owen, Mrs. Grover Jones and Mrs. James Gansel. Others present were: Mrs. Kenneth Oliver, Mrs. John Jewel, Mrs. Jack Sheehan, Mrs. N. J. Cave, Mrs. Leonard Mac- hell, Miss Betty. Lewis and Miss Grace Cave. Mrs. Zigmond Harmond Entertains At Luncheon Mrs. Zigmond Harmond was host- ess to her club members at a lunch- eon on Wednesday, at her home on Main Street, Fernbrook. Mrs. Thomas Jones of Shavertown, gave interesting readings of the tea leaves of the guests. Present were Mrs. Oscar Dymond, Mrs. Edward Sowers, Mrs. Russell Case, Mrs* Charles De- trick, Mrs. John Garrahan, Mrs. George Shaver, Mrs. James Harfman and Mrs. Lewis Stritzinger. Florence Ward Elected Leader Of Church Class Miss. Florence Ward of Alderson was elected president of the Young Savers Class of the ‘Alderson Church for the coming“year at the home of Miss Ward, last Thursday even- ing. Other officers elected were Vice President, Carl Garinger; Secretary, Mildred Kitchen; and Treasurer, Elizabeth Kitchen. A social hour followed and re- freshments were served to Misses Mildred Kitchen, Wilda Zimmerman, Betty Kason, Margaret Harris, Ed- na Miller, Elizabeth Kitchen, Flor- ence Ward, Francis Frantz, Carl Garinger, Carl Ward, Walter Kit- chen and Mrs. Weyhenmeyer. P.M. Church Miss Charlotte Mintzer of Dallas will be the guest speaker at the Glenview Primitive Methodist Church, Fernbrook, Sunday morn- | ing. Miss Mintzer also teaches the Bible study class on Wednesday evening. Next week the Sunday School Board will meet Monday evening in the church parlors and the Trustee Board will meet on {Tuesday evening. * % ) Howard Cosgrove spent Tuesday lin Dallas. Howard is employed as !attendant at Danville Mental Hos- | pital. Celebrates Birthday Mr. and Mrs. John Hildebrant of Dallas entertained at their home last Saturday evening in honor of {their daughter, Marion, who cele- brated her nineteenth birthday. Guests were: Marion Elston, Ruth Yeust, Julia Matikitus, Mildred San- ford, Beatrice Hildebrant, Robert Pickett, William Baker, William Templin and Cy Evans. - Mother Of Mrs. Sanders Weds Chicago Attorney Announcement has been made of the marriage of Mrs. Fannie Somer- ville Maitland of Negaunee, Mich- igan, and John Vennema, Chicago attorney and consul general for the Netherlands, Saturday January 18 in the rectory of St. John’s Episco- pal Church, Negaunee. Mrs. Ven- nema is mother of Mrs. Floyd San- ders of Pioneer Avenue. Mr. Vennema who has served for 26 years in the Netherlands is on a leave of abserice. HIMMLER THEATRE DALLAS. PA. THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY “Escape” Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor Serial Adults 29¢c—Children 11c MONDAY and TUESDAY Kit Carson” — and — “Cavalcade Of Academy Award Winners” Comedy Adults, 16c—Children, 11c WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY % DOUBLE FEATURE “Earl Of Puddlestone” with The Higgins Family — and — “Street Of Memories” with Guy Kibbie Fox News Adults, 15¢—Children, 10c NEXT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY “Little Nellie Kelley” with Judy Garland Comedy—Serial BVDV DTD TRH BHR TRY SOME OF THESE DAINTY BITS AT YOUR VERY NEXT TER PARTY Good things, ’tis said, come in small packages and edibles are no exception. Some things just natur- ally come little, like Brussels sprouts and tangerines; other are made little by you, for fun, convenience, va- riety. Like a list of “little victuals”? There are: Tiny meat balls, small meat loaves, snowy rice balls, pearl potatoes, personal pies and individ- ual layer cakes. Even stew is small but satisfying in private custard cups, and everybody knows the joys of single-bite canapés, sandwiches, relishes! Brazil Nut Coffee Tarties % cup light brown sugar 1/3 cup flour 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup double-strength freshly made coffe 2 tbsps. butter 1 Teasp. vanilla ¥2 cup chopped Brazil nuts” 6 baked tart shells ¥% cup heavy cream, whipped 1 cup top milk 6 whole Brazil nuts Combine and mix sugar and flour; add beaten eggs. Scald coffee and milk, stir slowly into egg mix- ture. Cook over boiling water 5 minutes stirring constantly, cook 10 minutes longer, stirring occasion- ally. Add butter, cool; add vanilla and chopped Brazil nuts. Fill pastry shells and top with whipped cream. Garnish with whole Brazil nuts. Hollywood Toasted Rolls %4 cup Old English cheese Fresh bread Softened butter 2 tbsps. orange marmalade Cream cheese until soft, add salt and marmalade and mix thoroughly. Cut bread in very thin slices,* re- move all crust, butter each slice on both sides, and spread top with cheese mixture, Roll as for jelly roll and fasten with toothpicks. Toast under moderately hot broiler until rolls are evenly browned. Remove toothpicks and serve at once. Ap- proximate yield: 8-10 rolls. *If bread is not soft and fresh, lay each slice on damp cloth and let stand several minutes before roll- ing. Variation: Sprinkle chopped sweet pickle, pimiento or nuts over cheese mixture before rolling. Personal Banana Meat Loaves Ib. ground raw beef tbsp. chopped onion tbsp. salt teasp. pepper cup bread crumbs cup mashed bananas (1-2 bananas) 2 teasp. dry mustard Ru RR mp - o~ Use all-yellow or slightly green- tipped bananas. Mix together meat, onion, salt, pepper and bread crumbs. Combine bananas and mustard and mix. Add to meat mix- ture and mix well. Form mixture into four or six individual loaves and place into well greased baking pan, not too close together. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 50-60 minutes," or until done. Serves 4-6. Midget Cheese Puffs 2 egg whites 4 teaspoons flour Cayene 2 cups grated cheese ; 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs Beat egg whites until stiff, add flour and cayenne and grated cheese. Mix thoroughly, form into small balls and rollin the crumbs. Fry in deep hot mazola (375 de- grees F.) until golden brown. Serve hot on toothpicks. Makes 24 small balls. Bit-Size Bran Dumplings 1% cups flour 1 teasp. salt’ 1 tbsp. baking powder 1 egg 1 tbsp. melted fat 1 cup all-bran % cup milk Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Beat egg until light; add melted and cooled fat, all-bran and milk. Add liquid mixture to sifted dry ingredients and stir only until flour disappears. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls on top of hot meat- stew; cover tightly and let simmer for 20 minutes without removing cover. Yield: 12-16 dumplings. Small Southland Shortcakes Add water to the ready prepared gingerbread mix (patterned after Mary Washington's 200-year old recipe) and bake in custard cups until done. While still warm, split crosswise and fill with diced Florida tangerine sections. Replace top half; top with whipped cream and garnish with additional , tangerine sections. . Serves 8. Bite-Size Ideas Julienne potatoes are nothing but miniature French-frieds. Get ’em ready to eat, or heat, in a jar. . Tangerines may be tiny, but they're large as life when you re- member the calcium and Vitamin C in each “kid-glove” orange! : Wrap tiny-as-tiny meat balls in strips of bacon, skewer with tooth- picks and broil. Mile-high sandwiches are fun. Make a 2 or 3 decker with bacon, tomatoes, cheese and lettuce, using bread with crusts removed. Divide into four sections and spear each * section with toothpicks. Is Hostess Miss Margaret Gerlach entertain- ed at her homé on Monday evening Misses Gloria Chance, Jane Case, Jean Detrick, Dorothy Hunter, Mar- illa Martin and Ellen Gerlach. ' 6) NAKED PAPER y _—— I VHD 9A zo. Egeo.Gree Uncooked meat should not be covered closely when placed in the refrigerator. It should be unwrapped as soon as brought into the house, and a loose sheet of waxed paper may be laid over it. Annual Pork Supper Mid year pork and sauer krout supper will be held at St. Therese's Church in Trucksville Tuesday, Feb- ruary 11. Mrs. Jacob Laux is chair- man and Mrs. Jacob Gabel co-chair- man of the affair. Wife Preservers as oo If you are having trouble starting the furnace fire, light a crumpled newspaper, toss it into the furnace and close door quickly. This burns up gas and ash dust and starts a good draft. Dallas, Pa. Our Friends Often Ask Us Where To Buy Sales Books That's an easy question for us. We will gladly’ show you samples and quote prices. 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