OBITUARY Son Of Pioneers Will Lie In Ancestral Plot Lewis Orcutt’s Life “= Rooted Deeply In Early Noxen History 9 9 Lewis H. Orcutt, son of pioneer ~N settlers of Noxen, and a justice of the ‘peace for many years in Mon- roe Township, died Wednesday morning on his eighty-first birthday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jennie Check, at Mt. Pocono. He will be buried in Orcutt Cem- etery Saturday afternoon, following services conducted from his own home directly across the road by R. P. Criffith of Jehovah's Witness. _ Mr. Orcutt was born in Noxen, son of the late George and Mary Ann Weaver Orcutt. The Orcutt farm once embraced the cemetery and the camp meeting grove near it, where Methodist ~ Protestants gathered for two weeks every sum- mer, and nearby Bowman's Creek residents did a thriving business In fresh eggs, produce, and meals. The Orcutt family conducted a boarding house at the (Camp Grounds. Many old-timers of the ® & area remember Mr. Orcutt’s crip- w pled sister, Nettie, who sat in her wheelchair on the porch where campers congregated. Folks who attended the camp meetings re- member the beautiful pine grove, the splashing Jittle stream where campers: drank deep from cocoanut shells, the fresh smell of the damp grass, the little cottages grouped about the central shed-like struc- * ture, starched little Sunday School children being lifted to the hard benches, the excitement of the crowd, the singing and the exhor- tation. | Carriages and buggies came from afar, bringing campers and visitors trom Wyoming Valley, and good cheer abounded. Old friends met. Tt was the high spot of the year, eagerly awaited. Mr. Orcutt, over the years, col- lected’ a great many photographs and mementos of the early days showing oldsters of today in their youth, a valuable contribution to Noxen history. Mr. Orcutt’s wife, the former Jennie Cameron of Sunbury, died some years ago. He shared a home * with his son, George, but with rock- ribbed. heritage, insisted upon do- ing his own cooking and managing his own affairs. He was taken ill while on a visit after a few days. He complained of high blood pressue for the past ny year, and had not been as well as . He was one of five children, all of whom but Melissa Major of Kingston, are dead. The crippled " gir] died years ago. Frances and Lucy were the two other sisters. Lewis was the only boy. There are four grandchildren. ! ee e— RK True Gentlewoma ‘Passes Away Bged 83 The many lifelong friends who gathered to pay their respects to the memory of Mrs. Nora Culver Stev- ens, 89, of Broadway, remarked that a beautiful and serene life had closed. Nobody, they agreed, had ever heard this gentle woman make an unkind remark or spread even the most harmless of gossip. : Mrs. Stevens died of a heart ail- ment Friday morning. She was buried Monday afternoon in Bloom- ingdale Cemetery, following services | a conducted by Rev. Oscar Saxe from & the Bronson Funeral Home. A native of Broadway, daughter of the late John and Adeline Culver, she was a staunch member of the Broadway Methodist Church, the Ladies Bible Class, and the WSCS. Every summer she attended Patter- son Grove Camp Meeting, renewing acquaintance with friends who an- . nually returned for the services and the sociability. Her husband, T. A. Stevens, died in 1933. Surviving are children: Mrs. Al- fred Hartman, with whom she made her home; Kenneth and John, Broad- way; Mrs. Florence Harvey, Benton; Mrs. Eleanor Anderson, Philadel- phia; Mrs. Mabel Baer, Malvern; Merle, New Britain, Conn. Paul, Benton; a brother, Torrence, and two sisters, Miss Anna Culver and _ Mrs. Maude Hull, all of Broadway; 25 grandchildren and 31 greatgrand- children; several nieces and ne- phews. a Baby Dies Of Pneumonia, Is Buried At Oakdale Richard Joseph Hamilton, 21- months-old son of Mrs. George Ham- ilton, Shickshinny RD, died of pneu- monia on Monday at Mercy Hos- pital, where he had been admitted on Friday. He was buried Thursday afternoon in Oakdale Cemetery, Rev. Oscar Saxe conducting services from the Bronson Funeral Home. There is an older brother, George Jr., 4. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Grover Newell, Hun- lock Creek. to his daughter, | d to come home| David Howells Suffered With Miner's Asthma David Howells, suffering from miner's asthma which dictated his retirement from Woodward Colliery, Glen Alden Coal Company, ten years ago after forty years of employment, died of his ailment Thursday morn- ing at his home in Birch Grove. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery Monday afternoon, Reverend Arthur Mayo, pastor of Trucksville Metho- dist Church, conducting services from the Davis Funeral Home in Luzerne. Mr. Howells, 76, was a native of South Wales, son of the late William and Anna Howells, Merthyr Tydvil. A sister, Mrs. Burton Lewis, and a brother Walter, remain in their na- tive town. Mr. Howells came to this country as a young man in 1906, | already an experienced miner in the Welsh coal fields. Since 1922 he had lived in the Back Mountain. Surviving are his widow, the for- mer Edith Cordick, of Plymouth; seven children: Kenneth, Brooklyn, N.Y.; W. Harry, Union, N.J.; Burton, Kingston; Mrs. Edith Haughwout, Mountain Top; Mrs. Fern .Sabol, Trucksville; Mrs. Doris Shone and David, Chicopee Falls, Mass.; twenty grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. George Sickler, 66, Dies At Veterans’ Hospital George ‘Sickler, 66, Evans Falls, stricken suddenly ill while spending | the winter with his niece, Mrs. (Clarence Eddy, in Athens, was rushed to Veterans’ Hospital on Wednesday and died the following |§ afternoon. He was buried Monday morning in Orcutt Cemetery. Rev. Donald Nulton, pastor of the Me- hoopany Baptist Church, conducted services from the Nulton Funeral Home. Mr. Sickler was a native of Evans Falls. His parents were the late Zacharias and Lettie West Sickler. He was a veteran of World War L Surviving are step-sons Floyd and Thorington Pond, both of West- field, and a sister, Mrs. Nellie Yale, Luzerne. ‘Charlotte Hauck Dies Rfter Long Illness Miss Charlotte Hauck, sister of Mrs. A. A. Mascali, and a beloved second mother to the Mascali child- ren, was released from months of suffering early Wednesday morning, February 13, dying at Nesbitt Mem- orial Hospital where she had been a patient for several weeks. She was buried Saturday” afternoon in Mem- orial Shrine Cemetery, Rev. Russell | Lawry, pastor of Dallas Methodist Church, conducting services from the Disque Funeral Home. Miss Hauck, 47, for the past elev- en years spent a great deal of her time in Dallas, living with her sister as a vital part of the household. She was born in Beaver Falls. She is survived by her father, | Charles E. Hauck, of Kutztown; three brothers and three sisters: Harold, Tunkhannock; Calvin, Eph- rata; Mrs. Leah Chyke, New York Fg City; Mrs. Ruby Rambo, Royersford; Orville, Kutztown; and Mrs. Mascali, wife of Dr. A. A. Mascali, Dallas. Enna R. Frantz, Carverton § Native, Dies At Age Of 91 | Miss Anna R. Frantz, native of Carverton, died at her home in |} Tunkhannock last®Thursday morn- ing. She was buried Saturday after- |E noon in Cedar Crest [Cemetery, |H Trucksville, Miss Frantz, 91, daughter of the late Samuel «€. and Lydia Rose 4 Frantz, moved away from Carverton | in 1935, but retained membership in Carverton Methodist Church. Student Philharmonic Monday In Kingston A special concert featuring ‘Peter |g and the Wolf’ will be given for Back Mountain and West Side stu- dents Monday afternoon at 3 at the Kingston Borough High School by Wilkes-Barre Philharmonic Orches- tra. Arrangements may be made with local schools to excuse fifth, sixth,” seventh, eighth and ninth grade pupils, and tickets may be purchased from the music teachers of each school. Senior high school students will find special concessions in ticket prices for their benefit at Monday evening's concert at Irem Temple. Back Mountain women who are serving on the committee are Mrs. Stefan Hellersperk, Mrs. Huston Day, and Mrs. Stanley B. Davies. Coolbaugh Returns To Police Duties Irwin Coolbaugh has resumed his duties with Dallas Township Police force after having recovered from a heart attack suffered three and a half months ago. He expects to re- turn to his work with Wilkes-Barre Railway Company about March 4. He recently underwent a four-day checkup at the hospital to determine whether he could resume his former activities. A friend is someone you can al- ways count on to count on you. Another first with... | BACK MT. FOOD PLAN FOR A LIMITED TIME! New Now everyone can afford the all-new NAY TT. AD MAYTAG Combination Freezer-Refrig- erioril marin ov DOE 7 FOR EXAMPLE DECKER 5 — T-Bone Steaks 5 — Porterhouse Steaks 5 — Sirloin Steaks 2 — Bottom Round Roasts 4 — Rump Roasts 30 Ibs. Ground Beef (not hamburg) 3 — Chuck Roasts 5 Ibs. Hot Dogs or Mixed Cold Meats 5 — Frying Chickens 5 Ibs. Haddock Fillet 10 Ibs. Bacon 3— Swanson TV Turkey Dinners 3 — Swanson TV Beef Dinners 12 pkgs. 9-0z. French Fries —— 12 pkgs. 10-0z. 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