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Rekus, Richard Lincoln and Steve
Balut.
Mr. Butler presented David God-
dard, Peter Rekus, Paul and Joe
Coniglia with Second Class Pins.
These pins were handed to the
! fathers and they, in turn, pinned
them on their sons.
Mr. Butler then introduced Rob-
ert Guyette, Thomas McGarry and
John Baur, Honor Scouts of past
years. They marched over and
selected Bernard Banks and intro-
duced him as the Honor Scout for
1949-'50. They escorted Bernie and
iE . his dad to the speaker's table
Bd where Bernie was handed the
metal plate with his name en-
graved on it to affix it with one
screw to the Plaque. Ben Banks,
Bernie's dad, affixed the plate with
the other screw.
Mr. Baur was introduced as mas-
ter of ceremonies for the Eagle
presentation. He called on Rev.
J. J. O'Leary, pastor of St. Ther-
ese’'s to charge Scout Alfred Ga-
- venas with his duties to God and
Country.
Mr. Baur then introduced Ben
Banks of Harveys Lake and charged
Scout Alfred Gavenas with his
duties to his Home, Community,
and School.
Mr. Baur then introduced Calvin
Front row, seated left to right,
Ben Banks, Rev. J. J. O'Leary,
John Butler, Scoutmaster; John
Baur, master of ceremonies; pin-
ning Eagle Badge on her son, Al-
fred, is Mrs. William Gavenas while
her son William a former Star
Scout, and Calvin Hall Scout Ex-
ecutive stand by.
Back row, left to right, Joseph
Polacky Jr., David Goddard, back
of Joe; Jerome Laux, Peter Rekus,
THE POST, FRIDAY, JUNE 23,
Mrs. William Gavenas Pins Eagle Badge on Her Son, Alfred pa
Charles Allabaugh, Paul Coniglio,
Anton Blank, Walter French, Rich-
ard Lincoln, back of Richard, Ar-
nold Laux, Steve Balut, back of
Steve, John Baur, John Ferry,
Eugene Hindrich, back of him,
1950
Jimmy Thomas, the tall boy by
the fireplace is Jimmie Lohman,
Joseph Coniglio, Bernie Banks, Roy
Rekus, Robert Purcell, Steve Wal-
dow and way back in the corner,
Jimmie Wheatcroft.
Hall, Scout Executive of the Wy-.
oming Valley Council who charged
Scout Alfred with his .duties to
Scouting. He then presented the
Eagle Badge to Mrs. Gavenas, who
18 pinned it .on Eagle Scout Alfred
8 Gavenas. Alfred then pinned a
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin K. Elston
To Celebrate 54th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Elston will
celebrate their fifty-fourth wedding
anniversary tomorrow, June 24 at
their home in Kunkle surrounded
by their six children, ten grand-
children, and eighteen great grand-
children.
Mrs. Elston, the former Lana
Hoyt, is the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hoyt, prosperous
Kunkle farmers, and Mr. Elston,
son of the late Jemima and Henry
Kunkle, Lehman farmers.
They were married June 24,
Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ben [1896 in the parsonage of Luzerne
Banks, Bernie Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Methodist Church by the Rev. Wal-
John Baur, John Baur, Stephen, ter Wagner and set up housekeep-
Balut, Mr. and Mrs. H. Blank, Anton ing at Kunkle, farming together.
Blank, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Con- For the past forty odd years they
minature Eagle and a corsage on
| his mother.
Rev. E. J. Haggerty then spoke
A on how well mannered and co-
| operative the Troop is and said it
reflected on the Troop leadership.
The scouts led by Bernie Banks
then presented their mothers with
a pink carnation and a kiss.
Rev. J. J. OLeary ended the
banquet with the Benediction.
The entire meal was planned,
cooked, and served by the scout
mothers.
iglia, Paul Coniglia, Joseph Con- have resided in the house they
iglia, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferry, | now occupy on the main highway
John Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. T. V. overlooking Shadyside Lake.
French, Walter French, Mr. and
Mrs. William Gavenas, Alfred Ga-
venas, Mr. Paul Goddard, David
Goddard, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Hindrich, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laux,
Arnold and Jerome Laux, Mrs.
Hazel Lohman, Mr. Honeywell,
James Lohman, Mr. R. P. Lincoln,
Richard Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Jos-
/eph Polacky, Joseph Polacky, Mr.
Joseph Purcel, Robert Purcel, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Rekus, Ray and
Peter Rekus, Mr. and Mrs. James
Thomas, James Thomas, John
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Waldow, Stephen Waldow, Mr. Ala-
baugh, Charles Alabaugh, Frank
7 McGarry, Thomas McGarry, Arthur
Re Wheatcroft, James 'Wheatcroft,
if Rev. J. J. O'Leary, Rev. E. J. Hag-
gerty, Rev. John = McLaughlin,
Chester Sutton, Calvin Hall, John
§ Ferguson, Charles Flynn, Herman
Sieber, John Butler, scoutmaster,
and William Gavenas.
Retiring about fifteen years ago,
Mr. Elston who will be eighty-one
in August, busies himself fondly
caring for his three horses and
planting and cultivating a vegetable
garden. He is an inveterate reader
and enjoys fishing in Shadyside
Lake.
Mrs. Elston, seventy-eight on
New Year's day, does all her own
housework and tends a small flock
of’ chickens. She keeps abreast of
the times with her radio programs.
Both in good health, they in their
buggy or surrey were always on
hand for the Kingston Easter Pa-
rade and were one of the first
entries in the Back Mountain affair
this year. They can be seen most
any day buggying to the village to
pay a bill or pick up some odds and
ends.
Their children, all of whom live
within a stone’s throw of the
homestead and whose children and
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Pix Prevue
Sweet Valley Company
To Be Host To Firemen
First showing of technicolor film
of 1950 Sweet Valley Parade will
take place at a meeting of Associ-
ated Volunter Fire Companies to
be held at Sweet Valley Thursday,
June 29, 8 p.m. ;
Sherman Kunkle, fire chief, says
that the 700 foot film is far super-
jor to the one taken of the 1949
Memorial Day parade, affording not
only distant shots of decorative
floats but close-ups of occupants.
Floats this year showed more elab-
oration than last year’s entries.
Delegates from Trucksville, Sha-
vertown, Dallas, Kunkle, Franklin
Township, Harvey's Lake, Noxen,
Jackson, Lehman, Lake Silkworth,
and Huntington Mills will join the
Sweet Valley Fire Company in en-
joying the prevue. Strawberry
shortcake’ will be served by the
ladies of the auxiliary.
To Give Series of Talks
On Flower Arrangement
Miss Emma Eastman, home man-
agement specialist of State Col-
lege, will give a series of talks on
flower arrangement in Luzerne
County in the near future. July 5
she will talk at Lehman Methodist
Church at 1:30 p.m. and at Muh-
lenburg Grange Hall at 8 p.m;
July 6 at Mt. Zion Methodist
Church at 1:30 and at Salem
Grange Hall at 8 p.m.
grandchildren are close enough to
run in for a hot cookie or piece of
home-made bread are Ralph M.
Elston, farmer, Mrs. Ralph Hess,
Walter, dairyman, Stanley, farmer,
Mrs. Owen Ide, and Raymend,
dairymen, all of Shadyside, Kunkle
Celebrating with them tomorrow
will be their daughter, Mrs. Ide,
who has a twenty-fifth wedding an-
niversary and their granddaughter,
Mrs. Calvert Birnstock, who has her
fifth.
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George B. Turn
Is Found Dead
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Theatre Building in Dallas. During
the past year he had increased
the volume of business by fifty
percent becoming a regional district
office for the Aetna Company. °
He was active in all community
endeavors and always ready to
lend a hand wherever needed. He
was a member of the Life Under-
writers Association, former secre-
tary of Dallas Business Association,
a member of Wyoming Valley
Chamber of Commerce, George M.
Dallas Lodge F. & A. M., Caldwell
Consistory, Irem Temple, Daddow
Isaacs Post American Legion, The
University Club, Sigma Pi Epsilon,
and Shavertown Methodist Church.
He was one of the original mem-
bers of. Kingston Township Veter-
an’s Association ‘and its first presi-
dent and was active in the estab-
lishment of the volunteer donor’s
group.
Interested in the out-of-doors he
was a good amateur tennis player
and an excellent amateur swimmer.
He -was secretary of Harveys Lake
Camp, United Sportsmen.
Beside his wife, the former Eliza-
beth Atwater, he leaves a daugh-
ter, Penelope, 7; his mother, Mrs.
Harold B. Turn; his sister, Mrs.
Ruth Turn Reynolds, and his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Viola Atwater,
all of Shavertown.
Services will be held this morn-
ing at 10 at Shavertown Meth-
odist Church with Rev. Robert Yost
officiating, assisted by Rev. Harry
Savacool of Owego, N.Y. Cremation
will follow.
Mrs. Jack Loucks Is
Hostess At Tea Party
Mrs. Jack Loucks, ‘“Pen-Y-Bryn”,
entertained at a tea recently for
former and present employees of
Luzerne County Institutional Dis-
trict, Central Office, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa. Those present were Mesdames
Ruth Flanagan Connor, Hannah
Jacobs Friedman, Ida Clark Reese,
Edith Thomas Hughey, Marion
Rinehimer Stookey, Sophia Smith
Sosnowski, Florence Wilson, Louise
Payne Harter, Elsie Nesbitt Mac-
Kibbin, Miss Helen Mermon, and
the hostess, including daughter,
Louise, and mother, Mrs. Louise
Davies. A musical program was en-
joyed with guests participating.
Idetown
Ruth . Anne Williams is visiting
relatives and friends in Reading
and Shillington. She also attended
a Musical festival in Philadelphia on
Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lamoreaux
and sons Lee and Earl Jr. are
spending the summer at their cot-
tage at North Lake.
Mrs. Edith Toltieder of Shilling-
ton, Mrs. Hayden Williams spent
several days in Scranton last week
where they attended the 59th Re-
bekah Assembly.
Miss Elizabeth Parks of Wilkes-
Barre spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Hoover.
West Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Kitchen. i
June Frolic
“June Frolic”, a program pre-
sented by the pupils of Kathleen
Sweeney of Wilkes-Barre will be
sponsored by the Confidence Class
in the Lehman High School audi-
torium .on Friday, June 23. At 8
o'clock. Committee members are
Mrs. Claude Agnew, chairlady; Mrs.
Bruce Williams, Mrs. Harold Titus,
Mrs. John Garinger, Mrs. David Ide,
Mrs. Al Rinken, Mrs. Harold Don-
nelly, Mrs. Ralph Welsh, Mrs. Glenn
Spencer.
Mrs. Frank Pohala has sold her
home here and moved to Trucks-
ville on Monday.
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Injures Hip
Mrs. Herbert Williams has been
confined to her bed at Trucksville
for the past ten days suffering
from a hip that she injured a week
ago Sunday when she attempted to
sit down on the grass while pic-
nicking at Bulford’s Pond, lost her
balance and struck a sharp rock,
She is slightly improved at this
writing.
YOUNG PEOPLE OF
MEEKER
Methodist Church
Will Sponsor
A Bake Sale
and full length “movie”
“Rolling Home”
in Meeker Grange Hall
Friday Evening
JUNE 23 at 8 o’clock
Adults 35¢, Children 20c
Refreshments will be sold.
Proceeds will be used to
help pay their expenses for
a Sky Lake vacation.
Claude Lapp and son Claude Jr.
of Bethesda, Md., spent the week-
end with relatives and friends in
the Back Mountain area.
Mrs. Martha McManus of Wilkes-' |
Barre is spending a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hilbert en-!
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Hilbert Jr. of Easton, Mrs. Irene
Marcks and son Frederick of Naz-
areth, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hilbert
of Forty Fort. Sunday callers at
the Hilbert home were Rev. and
Mrs. George Roberts and family of
Wyoming.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Terravona of
Philadelphia spent some time with
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brown of
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