PAGE FOUR THE POST, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1947 Neighborhood Notes And News Of Local Church Doings and New Jersey. Purely Personal Mrs. L. E. Beisel of Meeker is spending a week in Philadelphia Mrs. Alice Hufford has returned to her home in Meeker after spend- ing a month with her granddaugh- ter, Mrs. Calvin McHose, of Har- vey's Lake. Mr. and Mrs, Robert Breslin of Druid Hills and daughter, Frances, have gone to Florida. Mrs. Breslin was called there upon hearing of the death of her mother. They gxpect to be gone a month. Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Frantz of Huntsville had as their guests over the ‘weekend, Mr. and Mrs, Dewey Fuller of Allentown. Mrs. Millie Elston of Newport, Delaware, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Earl Piatt of Huntsville. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ash and son Bobby, of 'Shavertown, will leave today to spend the weekend in ' Philadelphia. They will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hontz, John Davies of Parsonage street Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grey of Ruggles had as guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hennebaul, Mrs. ‘Walter Hennebaul and children, and Carl Walter of Wilkes-Barre. Jacqueline Hinkle has been ill again at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hinkle of Lincoln Drive, Shavertown. Mr, and Mrs, Neil Macintyre have sold their home on Main street, Hillside, to ithe latter's brother, Danie] Boyle, owner of Boyle's Inn. The Macintyres will move to Long Island where Mr. Macintyre is em- ployed in the actuarial department of the Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany. ‘Bud Carroll has returned to Villa- nova College after spending the mid-term recess at his home on Machell avenue. Mrs. William Car- roll arrived this week and Bill will come this weekend for their recess. Mrs. Melvin Mosier had as house guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. S. Truax and daughter, Jeanette, who is @ nurse and working with Sister Kenny. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stair of Main street had as dinner guests Friday evening Mrs. Calvin Flick- inger and Mrs, Snyder of Lee Park. Mr. and Mrs. John Dovernick of Goeringer avenue, Shavertown have has returned to Princeton after spending a few days with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Davies. ; Edward Medler of Indiana was a guest in their home. | Peter D. Clark, student at Prince- | ton, has returned after spending | the mid-semester recess with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Clark of Baldwin street. Mr. and Mrs, Machell Hildebrant of Bethlehem were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hildebrant recently. ‘Mrs, Barney Boyle fell outside her home at Hillside on Saturday and broke her ankle. Fred Wilcox of Kingston, son of Mr. and Mrs, Burt Wilcox of Outlet, was admitted to Nesbitt Hospital last Friday and operated on for appendicitis on Saturday. Miss Alberta Wilcox of Harris- burg spent the weekend with ther parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burt ‘Wilcox of Outlet. The Wilcoxes and daugh- ter, Charlotte of Lake Township, and son, Howard of Lehman, at-; tended the funeral of their cousin, Miss Hazel Wildoner, at Shick- shinny on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde ‘Cooper and family of Fernbrook have moved into the W. B. Risley house on Lehman avenue. Mrs, H. H. Zeiser of Huntsville road and Mrs. W. J. Smith of Mill street will leave tomorrow to spend | | | as house guests for two weeks, their daughter Mrs. Norbert Flick, and son, Jack from (Cincinnati, Ohio. Miss Ruth ‘Schwartz of Trenton is’ spending several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Sch- wartz of Main street, Shavertown. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Webb of Dallas has left for a vacation in ISt. Petersburg, Florida. Mrs. Stella Isaacs is visiting in , Elkland, Indiana where she is house | guest of Mrs. Jen Norton. Mrs, Ralph Elston is a house guest of Mrs. Ralph Lutz, of Endicott, N.Y. Mrs, Carrie Caperoon was visit- ing in New York and Bridgeton New Jersey this past week. Miss Rose Mary Ford of Georgia, formerly = of Dallas, is visiting friends in Dallas. Mr, and Mrs, William Weaver had as dinner guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Claude Warden. Mrs. Henry Peterson ‘of Norton avenue had as. guest Monday ‘and Tuesday of this week Mrs. M. ! J. Brown of Plymouth. Mrs. Robert Hislop of Franklin street is a patient at the Nesbitt Hospital. Robert Misson of Horse Head, New York is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al Misson of Main street. [Sterling Barnes of Huntsville has improved enough to leave the hos- i in St Peters- | pital. z eT the winter in St A Py of Sens Mr. and Mrs, Velton Bean of | town is a patient in the General Jackson celebrated ‘their fourth Hospital. wedding anniversary last Friday, Mrs. Sherman Schooley and Mrs. January 31. Herbert Williams attended a confer- Mr. and Mrs. Albert Splitt of | ence of the Executive Board of the Ceasetown entertained last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Elton Brace and Eve- lyn of Hunlock Creek and Mr. and Mrs. Velton Bean and Randy and Linda of Jackson. Mrs. Lloyd Kear of Lake street had as luncheon guest Tuesday her mother, Mrs. George Ball, of Miners- ville. Seaman Lee Knecht has returned to Bainbridge, Md., after visiting this parents, Mr. and‘ Mrs. Ray Knecht, of Machell avenue. Mrs. Harvey McCarty will enter- tain members of her bridge club at her home on Lehman avenue this evening. Henry Lee returned from M.ILT. Monday to spend the mid-year re- cess at his home on Machell avenue. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Anderson of Outlet, Mrs. Lucinda McNeal, called on Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Grey of Ruggles on Sunday. SHAVER | Shavertown THEATRE FRIDAY-SATURDAY “Roll on Texas Moon” with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Trigger, Gabby Hayes Cartoon - News shorts Sat. Matinee 2 P.M. MONDAY-TUESDAY “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” with Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyek Lizabeth Scott WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY DOUBLE FEATURE “The Kid from Brooklyn” in technicolor with W.S.C.S. in the Y.M.C.A. at Scran- ton recently. Miss Jane LeGrand of Baldwin street, a student of Columbia Uni- versity, was home from Tuesday to Friday between semesters. Miss Doris Kocher who is 'em- ployed by the Westinghouse Corp- oration in Trenton, N.J. will spend the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rodell Kocher of Ruggles. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Oliver of Main street are spending a few days in New York. Mr, and Mrs. Henry Shupp had as weekend guests, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sayre and daughter, Mian Endicott, N. Y. Mrs. George A. Roberts of Trucks- ville who underwent an operation at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital re- cently is improving. Mrs. Wesley Hilbert of Beaumont, Mrs. Robert’s mother, is a guest at the Roberts’ home during her. illness. Mr, and Mrs. Stanley Davies of Parsonage street have returned from N. Y., where they went to bid their son [Stanley bon voyage. Stan sailed Friday for Sweden where he will study architecture at Univer- sity of ‘Stockholm. Lewis W. LeGrand, Jr. attending University of Miami, arrived at his home on Baldwin street, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hessler, Trucksville, Mrs. Henry Booth, dau- ghter Jane of Kingston, left for Florida, recently. Mrs. John Grant, Shaver avenue, Shavertown, has returned after visiting at Flushing, L. I. WEDDINGS Candidly Photographed Beautifully Mounted » E. C. HubsoN Dannie Kaye, Virginia Mayo Vera-Ellen Davis Street, Trucksville Darras 168-R-9 Davenports Entertain On Margo's Birthday Mr. and Mrs. James Davenport of Meeker entertained on Sunday in honor of their daughter Margo, who celebrated her birthday anni- versary. Guests: Mr. and Mrs. George Weintz, Miss Charlotte Ross of Wilkes-Barre; Mr. and Mrs. EB. Oliver and daughter Lois, Mrs, Ethel Moore of Kingston; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harvey and daughter Karen, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stark and daughter Linda of Meeker. Mrs. Robert Currie Is Hostess At Luncheon Mrs. Robert Currie of Druid Hills entertained at a luncheon recently. Guests: Mrs. Fred Egen, Mrs. Thomas iG. Reese, Mrs, Reynold Watkins, Mrs. Walter Steinhauer, Mrs. Frank Wolf, Mrs. R. A. Wil- liams, Mrs, William Burnaford and the hostess. Mrs. Fred Swanson Is Guest On Birthday Mrs. Fred Swanson of Harvey's Lake was recently a guest of honor at a surprise birthday party. Guests attending: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Car- penter, Mr .and Mrs. Raymond Gar- inger, Prof. and Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. Fred Swanson and the guest of honor. Mrs. Laverne Race Will Entertain At Dinner Mrs. LaVerne Race will be hostess at a dinner party this evening at her home on Davenport street. Guests: Mrs. M, J. Brown, Plymouth; Mrs. Louise Colwell, Mrs. Robert Hays, Mrs. Frances Quaill, Mrs. Al- bert Weid, Mrs. Walter Boehme, Mrs. Fred Welsh, Mrs. Henry Welch, Mrs. Ray Knecht and the hostess. Miss Arlene Handley, Main Street, Shavertown, has returned from Rockville Center, L. I Mrs. Z. E. Howell spent ‘Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Woolbert of Main street, Shavertown. Reverend and Mrs. Howard Har- rison, Mrs. Z. E. Howell attended the first session of the mid winter institute in the Kingston Methodist Church Monday. Mrs. Walter B. Foley of Manila was the guest speaker. A reception was held in the church parlor after the meeting with, Mrs. Foley. Reverend Arthur H. Getz of Philadelphia will occupy the pulpit of St. Paul's’ Lutheran Church, Shavertown, Sunday morning. Miss Thelma Gregory of Mill street had as house guest over the weekend Miss Mary Tingley, An- sonia, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ferguson of Ferguson Heights, Shavertown, entertained over the weekend Mr. and Mrs. Charles Modder of Tuck- ahoe, N. Y. and Mrs. John Lloyd . of Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Tartaglia of Huntsville road spent the weekend in Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti- more and Washington, D, C. Master Gerald and sister, Adele were guests of their aunt, Mrs. Anthony Tedesco at Old Forge. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robbins of Cald- well, N..J., Mrs. Perry Robbins of Kingston, Mr. ad Mrs. Edgar Nulton and Sherry of Lehman, and Fred Getz visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Nulton on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Alling of Wyo- ming and Mrs. Francis Lewis of Lehman have returned from a mo- tor trip to Westminster, Md., where they were called by illness of the former’s son, Kenneth. Kenneth who has been a victim of pneu- monia is slightly improved. 8 As Near As Your Telephone ‘ 3 og fe For Fast Efficient Service Call HECK'S HL. 3326 Dry Cleaning & Dyeing Harvey's Lake Highway | GABLE CELEBRATES 46TH BIRTHDAY is celebrating his 46th birthday. SCREEN STARS Deborah Kerr (left) and Myrna Loy watch another star of the films, a certain Clark Gable cut the birthday cake at a sur- prise party given him by his co-workers on a Hollywood set. Gable (International Soundphoto) Become Bride Of Miss Peggy Whitenight, daughter of Mrs. and the late Frank White- night of Rutter avenue, Kingston, will become the bride of Daniel Boyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Boyle of Hillside in St. Therese’s Church of Shavertown, Tuesday morning, February 11 at 11 o'clock. Father J. J. O'Leary will perform the ceremony. The bride will be given in mar- riage by her brother, Frank White- night, Attendants will be Mrs. Neil Macintyre, sister of the bridegroom, of ‘Hillside and William Rooney Jr. The marriage of Miss “Alberta Denmon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ‘| John Denmon of Beaumont to Les- | ter McCarty of Dallas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood McCarty, will take place at the Dallas Mehodist Church, Saturday, February 8 at three o'clock, Reverend Frederick Rein- furt will officiate. Mrs. Harold Rood will be organist, \ The bride will be given in mar- riage by her father. Miss Eleanor Elston will act as maid of honor and Victor McCarty, brother of the groom, will serve as best man. Fol- owing the wedding a reception will Mrs. George Landon Is Surprised On Birthday Mrs. George Landon was guest of honor at a surprise binthday party Saturday evening. Guests: Mr. and Mrs, Corey Miers, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Landon and son Tom- my, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hilbert, Keith, Janice, Sheila and Larry Landon, Mr, George Landon and the guest of honor. of Wilkes-Barre. Miss Peggy Whitenight Will Daniel Boyle Joseph O'Neill of Wilkes-Barre will serve as usher. Miss Whitenight is a grdduate of Kingston High School and Wyoming Seminary. Mr. Boyle was gradu- ated from Kingston High iSchool and Wyoming Seminary. During the war, he served for four years with the U. S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre of War. He is own- er of Boyle’s Inn at Hillside. Following the ceremony, a break- fast for members of the immediate families will be held at Fox -Hill Country Club. Miss Alberta Denmon To Wed Lester McCarty On Saturday be held at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Denmon, graduate of Dallas Borough School, is now working in | the office at Pomeroy’s. Mr. Mec- Carty is a veteran of two years, a year of that in the European Theater. He is a graduate of the Dallas Borough High School, and is now a student at Wyoming Valley Air Port, taking up airplane mec- hanics. He is employed at the Dallas Post. The couple will reside at the home of the bride’s parents in Beau- mont. Bridge Club Meets At Ray Evans Home Mrs. Ray Evans entertained mem- bers of her bridge club at her home on Demunds road Monday night. Present were: Mrs. John Corliss, Mrs. Paul Warriner, Mrs. Henry Peterson, Mrs. J. H. Hauck, Mrs. M. J. Brown, Mrs, James Huston, Mrs. A. A. Mascali, Mrs. Louise Colwell, and the hostess. 3 DALLAS SIN AN CERT You USUALLY CAN TEIL WHos LOSING — (77S THE ONE | TALKING THE LoubEs7 /” -129- personality. show good taste, GRACE T. CAVE SHOP. We have house dresses, street dresses, sports- wear, sweaters, jumpers, skirts, blouses, lingerie, hosiery, accessor- ies. today. Phone 354 — ony IRA The clothes you wear reflect your For clothes that will ' shop at THE 100 % WOOL SWEATERS Pastels and High Shades 34-40 (Values to $6.00)—$3.36 The marriage of Miss Marion Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Jones of Trucksville, to Donald Thomas Mitchell, son of Mrs. Robert Mitchell and the late Robert Mitchell of Shavertown, took place at the Trucksville Methodist Church, Saturday, February 1, at four o'clock. Rev. Robert DeWitt Yost, cousin of the bride officiated. Mrs. Louie Wiegand Ayre played the wedding music. The bride, who, was given in mar- riage by her father, wore her aunt, Mrs. George Young's wedding gown of white satin fashioned with fitted bodice, leg of mutton sleeves and full net skirt entrain. She wore a full length veil of net and carried a bouquet of white roses and baby breath. Miss Adria Jones, sister of the Harold Ashes, Hosts At Supper Party Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ash, Main street, Shavertown, entertained at a supper party Sunday evening. Guests: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Frank- lin, Barbara Jean and Marjorie Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Welsh and daughters Marylin and Judy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dressel, Robert Ash, and the host and hostess. Hospital Auxiliary To Meet This Afternoon Shavertown Branch, Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, will meet this afternoon at 2 at the home of Miss Marion Courtright, 15 Harris Hill Road, Trucksville. Miss Nellie Loftus of Wilkes-Barre will be the guest speaker. Hostesses will be Mrs. George A. Roberts, Mrs, Ray Shiber, Mrs, Har- old Shappele, Mrs. George Stolar- ick, Mrs. John Stenger, Jr. Mrs. Harry ‘Snyder, Mrs. W. L. Tracy, Mrs. Harold Turn, Mrs. Lewis Un-' derwood, Mrs, Thomas Varker, Mrs. Sherman Wardan and Mrs. James Bradbury. Miss Marion Jones Weds Donald Thomas Mitchell bride, acted as maid of honor. She feta and carried yellow daffodils. James Mitchell cousin of the groom served as best man. The ushers were Philip Cease and Jack Mit- chell, cousin of the groom. Following the ceremony a recep- tion was held at the Irem Temple Country Club for the wedding party. Miss Jones, a graduate of College Misericordia, is Supervisor of Music in the Bloomsburg Elementary Schools. ~ Mr. Mitchell, a veteran of the European Theatre, has studi- ed at Bucknell Junior College and the University of Nebraska. He is now a student at Bucknell Univer- sity, Lewisburg, Pa. ’ The couple will reside at 327 Col- lege Hill, Bloomsburg. Card Party Plans Are Completed By Auxiliary At its meeting Monday night, American Legion Auxiliary com- pleted plans for a card party to be held at the Home Saturday, Feb- ruary 15. is chairlady. . Mrs. William McNeel will be in charge of the annual Poppy Drive. Present at the meeting were: Mrs. Joseph Lavelle, Mrs. Primo Berret- tini, Mrs, Edwin Nelson, Mrs. J. R. Garbutt, Mrs. Wilson Garinger, Mrs. Paul Fiske, Mrs, Donald Gross, Mrs. Henry Urban, Mrs, Harold Brobst, Mrs. Charles Stookey, Mrs. Sterling Meade, Mrs, Maude Busch, Mrs. Jo- seph Adametz, Mrs. William Mec- Neel, Mrs. John Jewel, Mrs. Joseph Wallo and Mrs. Mary Beaner. Entertains At Lunch Mrs. Ralph Frantz of Hillside Road was hostess at a luncheon on Wednesday. Guests: Mrs. Elston, Mrs, Jack Roberts, Mrs. Al- den Wagner, Mrs. Charles Elston, and the hostess. $2.99 WOOL SLACKS 12-20 (Regular price $4.98) CHILDREN’S—MISSES’ Ask about our lay away plan, ITAA 36 MAIN STREET aL LADIES’ WOOLSKIRTS —1 3 OFF—' AY TNS Early Sto Kevan Yoore Heirloom By t O rnnrels 2 Sw Collecting Antiques in America Author of American Furniture Makers ry of American Furniture *Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off. A BANJO CLOCK marked S. Wil- lard or Willard’s Patent is in the first rank of American antiques. It has been referred to as “one of the greatest eyefuls of fine design” ever produced. This described both the case and its movement or works and would have pleased its inventor, Simon Willard, since with him crafts- manship was everything. But he had no musical instrument in mind when he designed the case of his banjo clock. The circular dial, flaring neck and oblong pendulum box were just a practical covering for a simple brass movement which included a series of only seven cogwheels and a two-foot pendulum. He designed this clock in 1801 and received his patent the next year. He never called it a “banjo” but always spoke of it as his “patent timepiece.” His stand- ard price for it was thirty dollars. This was much less than the cost of a fine grandfather case clock and although still too expensive for the poor man of the early 19th Century, was the first step toward clocks for the common people. Inventing and patenting what is now referred to as a banjo clock was just an accident in a clock- making career of seventy-seven years. I'or Simon Willard began making c¢iccks when he was only thirteen years old and reluctantly laid down his tools at the age of ninety. His capacity for work was amazing and his hand was as skillful at ninety as when he first set up in business for himself. In fact, having every intention of living to be a hundred Willard contracted with his friend, Josiah Quincy, Mayor of Boston, to make a clock during that hundredth year. For it Quincy agreed to pay whatever Willard should ask. Willard died August 30, 1848, in his ninety-sixth year, so both men lost. Simon Willard was born in Graf- ton, Massachusetts, in 1753, the sixth son of a large family. He was ap- prenticed to a roving clock tinker at the age of twelve. Just a year ) later he made an eight-day, brass movement grandfather clock which was equal to any made by the best of Boston clockmakers. Before he . was eighteen, he had his own shop in his native village. In 1788, he moved his business to Roxbury where he stayed for the rest of his life. | With him and with other mem- ' bers of this clockmaking family the “banjo” was just one of many types made. He had other clocks to his credit that he considered much finer, such as the one the United States Government paid him $750 for mak- ing in 1801 and which had such an Tom Ormsbee will be glad to give Simon Willard and His Patent Timepiece intricate movement that Willard had to make a trip to Washington to show them how to run it. There he met the President, Thomas Jefferson, and a genuine friendship developed. It was Jefferson who persuaded him to take out a patent for his banjo clock —a detail the unworldly clockmaker would probably not have bothered with otherwise. This graceful clock had an eight- day brass movement and was an ex- cellent timekeeper. It was justly pop- ular from the start and was promptly imitated by Willard’s competitors. So although the name Willard is synony- mous with the banjo. clock, not all examples in existence today bear the name of either the originator or of A SIMON WILLARD BANJO CLOCK The top ornament and decoration on the door glass are characteristic. Unlike his brother Aaron, he used no scenic decoration on the pendulum box. members of his family. Probably no less than thirty clockmakers copied this design. Some put their name on the dial, others left their clocks un- marked. specific information about any heirloom readers may have. To get this free expert identification, write to Tom Ormsbee, New Canaan, Connecticut, enclosing a clear cents fo. and description of your heirloom, a self-addressed envelope and fifteen cents \ 0 cover stenographic costs. wore a gown of ice blue moire taf- Mrs. Wilson Garinger : Millie - *
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