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' Master Thomas Coleman of Rice
street, who was operated on at the
Nesbitt Hospital last week for ap-
pendicitis returned to his home on
Wednesday.
The Firemen's Auxiliary is plan-
ning a card party to be held at the
Hose House on November 21st. This
newly organized group of women
are making a real effort to aid the
fire company and deserve the sup-
port of the community. Mrs. Neual
Kester is ‘the president.
Mrs. Thomas Jepson, formerly of
Trucksville Gardens, is now a guest
at the Aged Ladies Home in Wilkes
Barre, and will be glad to see any
of her friends there.
Mrs. Harold Croom entertained
her card club at her home on Cliff-
side last Friday evening.
Miss Phyllis Lyne of Harris Hill
Road has secured employment in
Newark, New Jersey.
~ Master Billy Myrick of Birch-
grove, who has been ill for several
weeks with an infection of the
throat, returned to the hospital last
week for a minor operation, and is
now recovering satisfactorily.
Warren Meacham a sophomore at
Lehigh University spent the week-
end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Meacham of Highland avenue,
. Trucksville Gardens. .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woolbert and
infant daughter Jane Schooley have
returned to their home in Blooms-
burg. - Mrs. Woolbert is the former
Miss Ruth Schooley.
Mr. James Carr of Philadelphia,
visited Miss Elsie Updyke of Mt.
,. Greenwood Road.
Mrs. Harry Ritts, Jr., has returned
to Wilmington, Delaware, after
spending some time with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Still. Mr.
Ritts is employed by the DuPont
‘Company.
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Louis Wilcox, of Chase Road, who
has been ill for several weeks, was
operated on at the Nesbitt Hospital
on Wednesday morning.
Leroy Thompson of Huntsville
Road is ill with tonsilitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Croom en-
tertained the Board of Education of
the White Church on the Hill, at.
their home on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Hannah Smith of Oak street
celebrated her 81st birthday on
Tuesday. She was greeted by many
friends.
Mr, and Mrs. C. S. Hemenway of
Huntsville Road spent Sunday with
their son, Charles, at Ilion, N, Y.
Mrs. Frank Hawke entertained
her card club at her home on Wed-
nesday. !
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eddy and |
daughter, Nancy Jane, are ocoupy- |
ing the home on Oak street recent- |
ly vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Cease who have gone to Connecti-
cut. Mr. Eddy was transferred to the
Wilkes Barre office of the Bell Tele-
phone Company from Harrisburg.
Frank Mathers of Carverton Road |
was called to Washington, D. C., onl
Monday by the serious illness of his
daughter, Ruth, who is a nurse ny
that city. : ol
Mrs.. Edward Mullen of Jersey
City is visiting her sister Ruth
Boyle of Hillside who has been ill
with pneumonia for several days.
Mrs. Bernard Whitney, Fernbrook
Road, entertained the following on
Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
E. Jones of Kingston; and Mr. and
Mrs. James Goodwin of Trucksville.
Tomorrow Mrs. Whitney will enter-
tain her card club at a luncheon
bridge. : :
Philip Carle of Harris Hill has se-
cured employment in Jersey City,
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New Jersey.
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' Miss Virginia Miller has returned
to her home in Elizabeth, N. J.,
after spending several days with
her family on Center street.
Mrs. John Gallagher, Main street
is confined to her home by illness.
She suffered a gall bladder attack |
Friday morning.
Russell Cease spent the week end
at his home on Franklin street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Evans had as
guests Sunday Miss Patsy Guyler
of Wilkes Barre, Miss Annie Thomas
of Kingston, and Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Evans of Scranton.
Mr. and M rs. Fred Malkemes and
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Woolbert will
be members of a party going to
Philadelphia Saturday to see the
Pennsylvania-Army football game.
Alfred Ringstrom, son of Mr. and
~ Mrs. Norman Ringstrom of Trucks-
«ville has gone to Wilmington to take
a position with the: Duponts.
Private Robert Garris of Fort Bel-
levoir, Virginia spent the week end
as the guest of his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Garris of East Center
street, Shavertown.
Mrs. Edward Hall and daughter
Anne, of South Main Street, and
Miss Marjorie Nichols of Warden
Avenue, Trucksville spent the week
end visiting the former's son, Ted
Hall of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Mr.
Hall is employed by the General
Electric Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Laycock of
Scranton, former residents of Shav-
ertown, have announced the birth
of a daughter, their third, Monday
morning, November 10. Mrs. Lay-
cock is the former Edith Eustice.
A request for more women to sew
for the Red Cross in the Shavertown
grade school every Wednesday has
been made. This Wednesday the
workers made children’s dresses and
snow suits.
Mrs. Guy R. Downer has return-
ed from Passaic, N. J., where she
attended the funeral services for
her sister.
Mrs. Ella Howlett, Miss Lena Mur-
dock, Mrs, Oscar Dymond, Mrs. E.
H. Williams and Mrs. A. G. Prater
attended the W. S. C. S. convention
in Plymouth Methodist Church on
Tuesday.
- Mr. Newton Ness ¢gand daughters,
Betty and Ruth, attended the Penn.
State vs. Syracuse game at Penn.
State on Saturday.
Mrs. Stanley Shewan will enter-
tain her bridge club at her home
tonight.
Lois and Jeanne Malkemes, the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. P. M.
Malkemes of Hillcrest Avenue are
ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Diltz, Main
Street spent Wednesday in Potts-
ville.
Miss Dorothy Hughes I
Bride Of Robert Roye
Announcement has been made of
' the marriage of Miss Dorothy Louise
- Hughes, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Thomas W. Hughes of Wilkes-Barre
and Robert Dale Royer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William R. Royer of
Trucksville. Ceremony was perform-
ed Thursday, October 23, by Rev. F.
Waechter at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip S. Cushing of Kanka-
kee, Ill. Attendants were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert H. Hopkins, former res-
idents of Wilkes-Barre,
Robert was graduated from
Kingston Township High School and
is employed at the Kankakee Ord-
nance Works at Wilmington, IIL
The bride and groom and their at-
tendants were all members of the
1941 class of Bucknell University.
Calendar Of Events
At St. Paul's Church
“Playing Fair With God” will be
the sermon subject at St. Pauls
Lutheran Church at their 11 o'clock
service Sunday morning. In the af-
ternoon at 3 p. m. St. Paul's con-
gregation will take part in the
Union Lutheran Vesper Service be-
ing conducted by Rev. Conrad Berg-
endoff at the Irem Temple in
Wilkes-Barre. Professor Raymond
Kuhnert, supervising principal of
Dallas Township Schools will speak
at the Luther League devotional ser-
vice at 7 o'clock. There will be no
evening service. Meeting of the
week: Monday 7:30, Luther League
business and social meeting; Thurs-
day 2:00, Altar Guild, 4:00 Confir-
mation class.
Cora Steele Becomes
‘Registered Nurse
Miss Cora Steele, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Thompson of
Main street, received word Thurs-
day that she has successfully passed
the State Board Examinations for
registered nurses. Miss Steele is a
graduate of the Dallas Borough High
School, in the class of 1936, studied
for two years at College Misericordia
and took her nurse’s training at’
.. Nesbitt Memorial Hospital.
LAt Westmoreland Club
- Culp and Mrs. Ralph Frantz. ox
Former Teacher Honored
Miss Sara Pfahler, former girls
basketball ¢ oach and teacher at
Kingston Township High S chool,
who recently accepted a p osition
in Wilkes Barre City Schools was
the guest of the Kingston Town-
ship High School Faculty at a din-
ner party on Monday evening Nov-
ember 17, at the Westmoreland
Club, South Franklin Street, Wilkes
Barre.
Those present were: Miss Sara
Pfahler, Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Martin, Mr. and M rs. John Hughes,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jenkins, Mr.
Elwood Swingle, Mrs. Kenneth
Woolbert, Misses Emily Lewis, Alice
Hand, Esther Saxe, Althea Dymond,
Pearl Averett Sophia Morris, Elea-
nor and Hilda Staub.
Kings Daughters Class
Meet At Stark Home
Kings Daughters Class of Shaver-
town Methodist Church met at the
home of Miss Jennie Stark Monday
evening. Mrs. Edna Smith assisted
Miss Stark. Mrs. Ruth Carr presided
at the meeting and Mrs. Russell J.
May led devotions, Others present
were: Mrs. Charles Watkins, Mrs.
John Williams, Mrs. Howard Wool-
bert, Mrs. James Mericle, Mrs. Blod-
wyn Jones, Mrs. Lawrence Cool-
baugh, Mrs. Alice Frantz, Mrs. Wil-
liam Glahn, Mrs, Russell Greenwood,
Mrs. Charles Hoffman, Mrs. Jack
Jones, Mrs. Earl Lameroux and Mrs.
Thomas Reese.
Bible Classes Meet
At Christian Church
Members of the Adult Bible Class
of Huntsville Christian Church met
at the church Tuesday evening.
Plans for a rummage sale to be held
around December 1 in Luzerne were
made. Present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Major, Mr. and Mrs, Nesbitt
Garinger, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rob-
erts, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shaver,
Mrs. Bertha Jenkins, Mrs. Frances
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THE POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1941
Drama In The Courtroom - uo
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Given plenty of pulchritudinous encouragement by his client, played by
Joan Banks, the defense attorney, portrayed by Ted de Corsia, makes a
stirring courtroom plea for acquittal
in a scene from “Famous Jury Trials”
heard Tuesday at 9:00 p. m., EST, over the NBC-Blue Network.
Miss Edythe Pollock Entertains
At Party For Louise Boushey
Miss Edythe Pollock entertained
Wednesday night for Miss Louise
Roushey who will leave December
1 for Bloomsburg to assume new
duties in Girl Scout work. Miss
Roushey has done a splendid job
both in her teaching and scout po-
sitions and it is with genuine regret
that parents and friends see her go.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Law-
rence Coolbaugh, Mrs. Martin Port-
er, Miss Louise Hewitt, Miss Ruth
Lameroux, Miss Bernice Spencer,
Miss Bertha Sutliff, Miss Adeline
Burgess, Miss Marion Young, Pro-
fessor and Mrs. J. M. Martin, the
guest of honor and the hostess.
Miss Roushey was presented with a
lovely brief case.
Mrs. James Mericle Is
Hostess to S. S. Class
Mrs. James Mericle of Shavertown
was hostess to members of the Ella
Moore Class of East Dallas Method-
ist Church at a supper meeting on
Tuesday evening. Assisting her were
Mrs. Stanley Moore, Mrs. Paul Car-
lin, Mrs. Charles Weiss and Mrs.
Jeanette Dickinson. Others present:
Mrs. Ben Brace, Wilma Brace, Mrs.
Arline Moore, Mrs. Howard Patton,
Mrs. Ruth Bertram, Mrs. Winfield
Brace, Mrs. Ted Wilson, Mrs. Rob-
ert Fowler, Mrs. Fred Hughes, Mrs.
Harry Martin, M rs. John Hilde-
‘brant and Mrs. Ralph Weaver.
Youth Fellowship Class
The Youth Fellowship Class of the
Trucksville Methodist Church re-
cently held a party. Prizes were
awarded to the following people:
Louise Gregory, Hazel Hughey, Elsie
Updyke, Bessie Linaberry and Vir-
ginia Cope. Games were played and
refreshments were served.
Township Teachers On
Convention Program
The following Kingston Township
teachers will participate in the
Northeastern Convention of the
Pennsylvania State Educators As-
sociation which will be held in
Scranton on November 15 and 16:
James A. Martin will be a speaker
at the session of District Superin-
tendents and Supervising Principals,
which wil be held on Friday after-
noon at Scranton Central High
School, Miss Esther Saxe will at-
tend as a member of the House of
Delegates being a representative of
the County Branch of the Pennsyl-
vania State Educators Association.
Miss Ruth Howell will be a speaker
at the English Session on Saturday
morning. Miss Hilda Staub president
of the Library Group will preside
at the Library Session which will
meet on Saturday.. ;
Mrs. Lester Hoover Is
Hostess To Bible Class
Mrs. Lester Hoover, Fernbrook,
was hostess to members of the Dor-
cas Bible Class of St. Paul’s Luther-
an Church, Shavertown, Tuesday
evening. Attending were: Mrs. Har-
old Ash, Mrs. J. A. Batey, Mrs.
John Edwards, Mrs. Harry Ell, Mrs.
Ralph Franklin ,Mrs, Charles Gos-
art Jr., Mrs. Kenneth Huey, Mrs.
Jesse Kemberling, Mrs. Fred Malke-
mes, Mrs. John Owens, Mrs. Richard
Malkemes, Mrs. John Owens, Mrs.
Richard Rudy, Mrs, W. E. Thomas
and Mrs. Theodore Woolbert.
Baked Ham Supper
Brotherhood of St. Paul's Luth-
eran Church will hold a baked ham
supper Thursday evening, November
20, starting at 5:30. Reservations
can be made by calling the parson-
age.
Red Cross Notice
Any one needing additional yarn
or any one who has completed ar-
ticles for the Red Cross should get
in touch with Mrs. Arthur Culver.
Mrs. Oswald Griffiths would be glad
to know names of people who are
willing to lend machines for Red
Cross. sewing.
| Senior Play Cast
The following cast has been se-
lected for the Kingston Township
Senior Play, “The Kid,” which will
be presented in the auditorium of
Kingston Township High School on
December 19: Bud Williams, Wilma
Hunt, Howard Deiter, Helen Staub,
Sarah = Breslin, Austin Meacham,
Russell Greenwood, Betty Ness and
Doris Henning;
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TIME, TURKEY SUPPERS
AND PRESCRIPTIONS DO
SEEM TO RUN IN CYCLES
A year ago on November 14
as he was preparing to take his
father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. William Evans, to the
turkey supper at Trucksville
Methodist Church, Sheldon Ev-
ans, Shavertown druggist .re-
ceived a call to deliver a pre-
scription to a home in Hunts-
ville. This year, by a coinci-
dence, on the same date, at the
same time and under similar
circumstances, Mr. Evans re-
ceived a telephone call to de-
liver a prescription to the same
home in Huntsville. Time as
well as turkey suppers and pre-
scriptions seem to run in cycles
Shell thinks.
Next year on the first day of
trout season we expect to find
him fishing in the same stream,
at the same hole, at the same
PAGE FIVE
Fast Dallas Ladies Complete
Plans for Annual Turkey Dinner
Plans have been completed by the
women of the East Dallas Method-
ist Church for their annual turkey
dinner which will be held at the
church Tuesday evening, November
18. Serving will start at 5:30 and
continue until all are served. Menu:
tomato juice, turkey and dressing,
mashed p otatoes, sweet potato
puffs, peas, carrots, creamed turnips,
cabbage salad, celery and pickles,
cranberry sauce, pumpkin and apple
pie, r olls and coffee. Committee in
charge: tickets and publicity, Mrs.
John Hildebrant, Mrs. Ted Wilson,
Mrs. Nelson Moore; decorations,
Miss Myra-Carlin; dining r oom, Mrs.
Winfield Brace, Mrs, Joseph Patrick,
Mrs. Paul Carlin, M rs. Robert Fow-
ler, Mrs. Charles Weiss, Mrs. Fred
Hughey, Miss Arline Moore; kitchen,
Mrs. Ben Brace, M rs. Jeanette Dick-
inson, Mrs. Alfred Moore, M rs.
Lawrence Swank, Mrs. Ralph Wea-
ver, Mrs. Harry Martin and Mrs.
Maude Wesley.
Calendar of Events At
White Church on Hill
Guest Artists at the Music Serv-
ice Sunday evening at the White
Church on the Hill, Trucksville, will
hour, trying to catch as big a
trout as he caught this year.
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Rev. Martha Santmier
To Speak Here Tonight
Rev. Martha Santmier, a return-
ed missionary f rom Africa, will be
guest speaker at a joint meeting of
the Outlet, Trucksville and Dallas
Missionary Societies of the Free
Methodist Church in Dallas this
evening, Friday, at 7:45. Rev, Sant-
mier spent a good many years in
Africa where she studied the needs
of their dark skinned people. The
' public is cordially invited to come
[and hear her recount her interest-
ing experiences. She will bring with
her a number of rare curios which
she acquired in Africa. Rev. Sant-
mier, now widowed, has charge of
the Free Methodist Church at Mt.
Top.
Rev. Albert P, Reining is pastor
of the local Free Methodist Church.
All-Day Quilting
Ladies of Huntsville Christian
Church held an all-day quilting at
the church Wednesday. Present
were: Mrs. Joseph Bertram, Mrs.
Lewis Shaver, Mrs. Herbert Major,
Mrs. Harvey Moss, Mrs. Frances
Culp, Mrs. Charles Elston, Mrs. Ber-
| tha Jenkins, Mrs. Ralph Frantz and
Mrs. Stanley Culp.
Auxiliary Card Party
Ladies’ Auxiliary of Trucksville
Fire Company will sponsor a card
party Friday evening, November 21
in the Hose House. Players are
asked to bring their own cards.
There will be other games for those
not playing cards. Proceeds will be
used to make improvements to the
equipment and hall.
be Robert Henderson, Flutist, of
Forty Fort and of the Dallas High
School Faculty, and Robert Morgan,
Organist of the First Baptist Church
of Wilkes Barre. The public is in-
vited to attend this service at 7:30
Sunday evening.
The Morning Worship Service on
Sunday w ill be the seventh of the
Worship Crusade. The pastor will
preach on the topic ‘Keeping Our
Eyes on God.”
The second Session of the Bible
day evening at 7:30. The speaker
will be Rev. Clarence Andrews of
the Wyoming Methodist. Church and
the topic will be “Why Read The
Bible.” Everyone interested in the
Bible is invited to attend.
Local Church Women
Entertain Old Ladies
Women of the Old Ladies Home,
Wilkes Barre, were pleasantly en-
tertained on Tuesday evening at
the home by members of the Glen
View Sunday S chool Adult Bible
Class, Fernbrook.
Misses Shirley Thomas and Verna
Lamoreaux gave readings, George
Shaver played cornet selections and
Melvin Compton clarinet selections.
Miss Elizabeth Stritzinger and M rs.
George Shaver sang. Rev. Daniel
Davis made brief remarks.
Others who contributed to the
enjoyable evening were Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Mintzer, Mr. and Mrs. Tim
LaBar, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Handley,
Mr. and M rs, William Compton,
Mr. and M rs. Benjamin Muchler,
Mrs. Esther Layaou, Mrs. Earl Lay-
aou, Mrs. Henry Randall, M rs.
Elizabeth Williams, Mrs . Corey
Crispell, Mrs. John Monroe, Miss
Charlotte Mintzer, John H. Lowe,
Annjane and Esther Layaou.
Conference will be held on Thurs- |
SWEET VALLEY
Lewis Button spent the week-end
as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Truman
Stewart at Stroudsburg.
Mrs. Martha Bronson
Tuesday at the parsonage.
William Farver who was injured
in an automobile accident last week
continues to improve. He is still a
patient in General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quoss of
Connecticut spent the week-end with
the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Quoss.
Callers at the parsonage were:
Mr. and Mrs. John Black, Bobby,
Miss Gwendolyn Hoiser of West
Pittston and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Bennett of Laflin.
Philip Stewart of Stroudsburg,
grandson of Rev. and Mrs. Ira But-
ton, is recovering from another
slight attack of rheumatic fever.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pall visited
the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Felix Witkowski on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Freas Morris an-
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Linda Fae, at the family home, on
Thursday, October 30. Mrs, Morris
is the former Miss Hilda Edwards.
Mrs. Edith Long is recovering
from an illness at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Loren Cragle.
Sunday Service
Sunday evening services of the:
Christian Church will close the se-
ries of revival services that have
been in progress for the past two
weeks. There will be an evangelistic
message and also special music.
Celebrate Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Long en-
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Earl White
of Baltimore, Maryland, at. dinner
Sunday in observance of both the
Longs’ and the Whites’ 25th wed-
ding anniversaries. Others at the
dinner: Mr. and Mrs. Leroy White
and son, Larry, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Long, Clara Bell and Hazel
White, Doris, June, Dayton and Jay
Long. Callers during the afternoon
were: Mr. and Mrs. Irving White of
Kingston; William Ferrey of Dallas
spent
and Norman White of Sweet Valley.
Open Late Saturday Night
Starting Saturday at
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