} "a Jara iaidi0, 4 aNIND XL dav Audis | News Of T he Churches BEAUMONT BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Truman Reeves, Pastor Activities of the week: Sunday, 10 a.m.—Sunday School; 11—Worship Services. / Wednesday, 7 p.m.—Choir Re- hearsal; 8—Young Peoples’ Meeting; 8—Prayer Service. GATE OF HEAVEN (Roman Catholic) Rev. Francis A. Kane, Pastor Assistants: Rev. Richard J. Frank and Rev. Michael Rafferty Sunday Masses—7:30, 9 and 11 a. m. _ Confessions — Saturday, 4-5 p.m. [ ¥ 7-8:30 p.m. OUR LADY OF VICTORY [Sunday masses, 7:30, 9:30 and 11 a. m. QUEEN OF PEACE Sandy Beach Sunday mass, 9 a. m. ST. THERESE’S, SHAVERTOWN Rev. John P. Walsh, Pastor Rev. Francis T. Brennan, Assistant . ‘Sunday Masses: 7:30, 8:45 and 10:45. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH ... Sweet Valley Rev. B. Kirby Jones, Pastor ... Sunday: Sunday School, 10 a. m.; morning worship, 11; Christian En- deavor, 6:45; evening worship at 7:30, followed by a short choir practice. Wednesday: service. HUNTSVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Rev. €. H. Frick, Pastor 9:30 Worship. 10:30 Church School. In both the Worship Service and the Church School the day will be observed in honor of the young people who the next three weeks will go to camps and conferences. It is asked that the families of these boys and girls share the two services with them. Midweek prayer PRINCE OF PEACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. William McClelland, Jr. Sunday, July 5th, 8 a. m., Holy Communion. 11 ‘a. m., Holy Communion and Sermon. ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN Rev. Frederic H. Eidam, Pastor 8:45 a. m., The Service with ser- and 11:00 a.m. LEHMAN-IDETOWN CHARGE Rev. Kenneth O’Neill, Pastor LEHMAN: Sunday School 10 a.m. Church service 11:15 IDETOWN: Church 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 JACKSON: Church 8:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 SHAVERTOWN METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Robert DeWitt Yost, Pastor Sunday: for all ages. pre-school children. / 11, Tuesday: 7:45, Education Com- mission meeting in social rooms. Wednesday: 7:45, ing in social rooms. Thursday: 7:30, Quartet rehear- sal; 7:45, Mission Commission meet- ing in social rooms. SHAVERTOWN BIBLE CHURCH Pastor, Rev. R. W. Edmondson Sunday: Sunday School, 10 a. m. Classes for all ages. Superintend- ent, George Wyckoff. Morning Wor- ship, 10. Evening Evangelistic Ser- vice, 7:30. ? Tuesday: Ladies’ Prayer meet- ing, 1:30 p. m. Wednesday: meeting, 7 p. m. Thursday: Mid-week prayer and praise service, 7:30. Young People’s GLENVIEW P. M. CHURCH Rev. Andrew Derrick, Pastor Sunday: Morning worship, 9:55; Sunday School, 11; evening wor- ship, 7, Bible Study and song ser- vice. Wednesday evening 7:30, Prayer Saturday evening, 7:30, Fellow- ship meeting. NOXEN GOSPEL TABERNACLE (Non-denominational) Sunday, 10 a.m.— Bible School, Russell Newell, superintendent. Believer’s Communion. “First Timothy, Chapter Five.” Traver, leader. 7:30 p.m. — Evangelistic service. mon by the pastor; 9:30 a. m., Sun- day School with classes for all ages; 11 a.m. The service with sermon by the pastor. / TRUCKSVILLE METHODIST CHURCH : (The White Church on the Hill) _ Rev. Arthur B. Mayo, Pastor 1! Sunday: 8:30 and 11, Morning i Worship; sermon, “Some Penalties of Freedom.” ; (Miss Georgiena Weidner will be the guest soloist at the 11 service; Mrs. Leroy Elliott will be the guest organist). 9:45, Sunday School. Wednesday: 8, the Reynolds Class will meet ‘at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Cease, East Dallas. } Friday: 6:30, the Mr. and Mrs. Club will hold their monthly cov- ered dish supper and meeting at the home of Col. and Mrs. Leon W. Beisel, Warden Avenue, Trucksville. DALLAS FREE METHODIST Rev. Albert P. Reining, Sr., Pastor Sunday: 10 a. m. Sunday School; 11, morning worship. 7:30 p. m., FMY; 8, evening wor- ship. ‘Wednesday, 8 p. m., prayer meet- dé i and Bible study. OUTLET FREE METHODIST Rev. Emery D. Stokes, Pastor Sunday: Sunday School, 10 a. m.; morning worship, 11! FMY, 7:15; evening worship, 7:45. ; Saturday: Open air service at Harveys Lake, 9 p. m. Monday: W.M.S. at the church; FM.Y., place to be announced, 7:45 p. m. ‘Wednesday: Prayer meeting, 7:45 p. m. and class TRUCKSVILLE FREE METHODIST “The Church that cares” Rev. Grove Armstrong, Pastor Sunday: Sunday School, 9:30. Morning Worship, 10:30; FMY Bible Study, 7 p. m.; evening preaching, 7:30. Wednesday, 7 p. m., Prayer Meet- ing and Bible Study. ALPERSON NOXEN CHARGE ¢ Rev. John Gordon, Pastor nUGGLES: Sunday, morning worship, 8:45; 8.S., 11 a. m-; MYF, 6 p.. m. NOXEN: Sunday; worship 10 a. m.; SS at 11; MYF, 6 p. m. ALDERSON: SS, 10 a. m.; morning worship, 11:15; MYF, 6 p. m. KUNKLE: SS, 10 a. m.; worship, 7:30 p. m.; MYF, 8:30 p. m. CARVERTON METHODIST CHURCH Rev. William Reid, Pastor DALLAS METHODIST CHURCH Russell C. Lawry, Pastor Sunday services: Morning wor- ship 8:30 and 11; Sunday ‘School, 9:45; nursery for small children during the 11 a. m. service. Message, “Is Anyone Predestinated To Be Lost?” Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. — Prayer and Bible discussion. All are welcome. OF CHRIST Carverton Road, Trucksville The Rev. Elmer G. Meissner, Sunday: Morning Worship, 10. Mrs. Strous Was Once Organist In Dallas © Old timers in Dallas will remem- the station master. in Forty Fort Cemetery Friday after- M. Bell. high school in those days. graduated in 1905 in a class of three. Rood; Wyoming Seminary. years, she moved to Kingston, and became active in First Methodist Church affairs. She and her husband celebrated their 48th wedding anni- versary June 16. Cub Scouts Stage Pinewood Derby Cub Pack 233 staged a Pinewood Derby at the family outing at Melo- dy Park last Tuesday. Fifteen min- iature race cars were entered in the elimination contest terminating the recent Father - Son project. Each car was constructed according to standard regulations. Steve DiZio’s car, number 99, was the winner, defeating R. Kitchen’s number 1. T. Nesbitt and F. Wadas were semi-finalists. Preliminary winners were R. Ber- lew, Matt Gillis, W. Jones, R. Bayer. Consolation winners: Lee Frantz, Norb Snyder, T. Nesbitt, Matt Gillis; contestants, D. Berlew, Gerhardt, B. Daubert. Over twenty family groups parti- cipated in the basket picnic, and over 100 attended. A hayride for Cubs only is sched- uled for July 14: Den mothers may get in touch with Cubmaster Ralph Gerhardt to make reservations. You'll Enjoy The Post Holy Communion will be served { Read The Post Classified at both services of worship at 8.30 9:45, Church School with classes 11, Nursery during church for Morning Worship Service. Membership and Evangelism Commission meet- Rev. Robert L. Sutton, Th.G., Pastor 11 a.m. — Worship Service with Subject — 6:30 p.m.—Youth Meeting, Russell HOLY TRINITY UNITED CHURCH astor ber Mrs. Bessie Horning Strous as the young girl who played the organ at Dallas Methodist Church, and her father, the late Louis Horning, as Mrs. Strous, 70, wife of Dr. Wil- liam E. Strous, prominent Kingston dentist, died Wednesday afternoon at Nesbitt Memorial, shortly after admission at 1:05. She was buried noon, following services from the family home conducted by Rev. Alfred M. Crayton and Rev. George Mrs. Strous moved to Dallas from her native Telford when a small child. She was daughter of Louis and Amanda Kulp Horning. Dallas Borough School offered two years of Bessie The others were Fred Pettebone and Fred Stroud. Her sister Mattie, now Mrs. W. S. Crandall of Binghamton, N. Y. taught at Dallas Methodist Sunday School and was a member of the choir. Bessie, a pupil of Ralph continued her education at After living in Dallas for eighteen participated in the Learn To Swim program conducted at the Central Y’, Wilkes - Barre. Bus provided '| transportation. Boys were taught Central ‘Y’ swimming instructors. who completed the course of six Daniel Thomas, Alan Reese, Ricky | Joseph Phillips, ! A | Bruce Davies, Charles Garris, Bruce fundamentals of swimming by the, Hopkins, Wayne Nickol, Barry Mar- | kovich, David Ratcliffe, Boys of the Back Mountain ‘Y’ | Edwards, Reese, ’~vid Hawke, Douglas Parks, ' i THE DALLAS POST, 'HUKsDAY, JULY 2, 1959 |Back Mountain YMCA Completes Swim Course For 49 Local Boys . Back Mountain Branch Y.M.C.A. | Michael Fulier, Ricky Kitchen, John | Welker, James Smith.. John Cathrall, Edward Roman, William Boyes, Richard Jeffrey Farley, Robert | Graham, Herbert Gearhart, Lance lessons are: James Taylor, Jimmie Wills, Craig Churry, Donald Berlew, | on Carpenter Road. He was buried Yarnal, Harry Lefko, Robert Dy- Jim Faulls, Lee Frantz Allen Fox, in the churchyard of the church he mond, Paul Dymond, William Yarn- Joe Simon, George Machalek, Jimmy | helped to build in Idetown Monday al, David Wade, Paul Wade, Allen Roth, Dan Sinicrope, Sandy Smith, | afternoon. Officiating at the services Brown, Douglas Bulford, Elwood Ide, | Russ Monte, Chuck Diehle, Frank i the Bronson Funeral Home were Brian Duffy, Raymond Earl, Larry Weiss, Tim Earl, Art Dymond, Mike | Rev. John J. Jones, Rev. Kenneth Earl, Donald Marth, David Jenkins, | Vitale, Bob Dyer, Garry Garris, and David Fitch. Dymond Hollow Methodist Church will celebrate its 124th anniversary in October, its 90th year in the present edifice. A fellowship supper is scheduled for October 3, a special service the night of October 4. Members of the planning committee are: Mrs. Daniel Dymond, chairman; Mrs. Edgar Barth, recording secre- tary and treasurer; Mrs. Lloyd Cool- baugh and Mrs. L. B. Dymond, history; Mrs. E. W. Dymond Jr. and Mrs. Jean Keegan, program; Mrs. Francis Faux, dinner; Edgar Eyet, head usher; Ernest Dymond Sr., in- Dymond Hollow Methodist Church Plans For October Anniversary vitations; Mrs. Dorothy Barth, church relics; Dan Dymond, publi- city. The first. church structure was erected in 1836, on land given by John Booth Dymond and his wife, the former Mary Jane Whitlock. The present edifice was dedicated in 1869, four years after the close of the Civil War, by presiding elder D. C. Olmsted. Rev. A. J. Arnold was the pastor. Land was donated by the late John Booth Dymond and his wife, the former Mary Jane Whitlock. George Armitage Will Be Buried At Kocher Services for George C. i Harveys Lake, will take pl&Ce at the Stephen Glova Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 2. Rev. John Gordon officiating. Burial will be in Kocher Cemetery. Friends may call this afternoon or evening, 2 to 5, and 7 to 10 p.m. Mr. Armitage, 67, in failing health for some time, passed away early Tuesday morning at General Hos- pital. From 1914, the date when he first moved from Plymouth to Ald- erson, to 1940, he was postmaster at Alderson. He also maintained a boat livery. He was a member of Alderson Methodist Church, and active in civic affairs. Before ill health over- took him, he was an ardent hunter and angler. The boats which he maintained at Alderson are now in the hands of his nephew, Robert Avery. Mr. Armitage was born in Wilkes- Barre, son of the late George C. and Jennie Prudhoe Armitage. He lived for a time in Plymouth before moving to Alderson. Part of his ill health stemmed from a fall from a horse as a young man, and part was due to a heart ailment. He is survived by his widow, the former Iris Avery; three sisters: Mrs. Leonard Diamond, Philadelphia; Mrs. Fred Ryder, Kingston; and Mrs. P. Albert, Harveys Lake; and Ellwood, Kingston; several nieces and ne- phews. After Long Illness Miss Ethel M. Allen, Church Street, died Monday evening at Gen- eral Hospital after six months of illness following the fracturing of her leg December 20th. Services from the Bronson Funeral Home are scheduled for Thursday at 3:30, with Rev. Russell Lawry officiating. Bur- ial will be in Wardan Cemetery. Only a few days before breaking her leg, Miss Allen had moved to the home of her sister, Mrs. Floyd Bogert, Church Street, after having been a resident of that section for fifty years. She observed her birth- day a few days before her death. A native of Lake Township, she was daughter of the late George Sterling and Josephine Lewis Allen. Miss Allen retained membership in the Wyoming Avenue Christian Church, though attending Dallas Methodist. ~F. Armitage, Wilkes-Barre; brothers: |! Miss Ethel Allen Dies / James Holmes Dies At Forebears Lived At Lake In 1806 Worthington Family C Came From Connecticut Lewis Worthington, whose family | has been identified with Harveys Lake ever since a forebear, Joseph | Worthington, settled there in 18086, died Thursday morning at his home O’Neill and a grand nephew, Rev. Joseph Fiske, pastor of Ashley Methodist Church, and namesake of the original Lake settler. Mr. Worthington, 87, had been confined to bed and rocking chair for the past two years. A fractured hip five years ago did not make satisfactory union at his advanced age. He was a carpenter by trade. He served on the official board and board of trustees of Idetown Metho- dist Church, and was Sunday School superintendent for some years. More recently, he attended Outlet Bible Tabernacle. He was a great Bible student. His Parents were the late Henry and Alice Hunter Worthington. The original settler at Harveys Lake, Joseph Worthington, built the log cabin on the hill above the lake long before there were any roads from the Lake to Wilkes-Barre. He owned a large section of lake-front property at one time before it was . | gradually sold off to accommodate Nursing Home At 85 {— other settlers. The Worthington James W. Holmes, 85, died Mon- day at a nursing home in Orange- ville where he had been a patient for three weeks. He will be buried this afternoon in Bethel Cemetery, Rev. Oscar Saxe officiating at ser- vices from the Bronson Funeral Home at 1 p.m. He was born at Bethel Hill, son of the late Thomas and Catherine Albertson Holmes. He is survived by these children: Edward and Mrs. Ruby Sink, Beach Haven; Mrs. Reva Shearer, Town Hill; six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Grace Downing, Pleasant Valley. Surviving are her sister; a niece, Mrs. Lewis Culp, of Dover, N. J; and a grand-niece Linda 'J. Culp. home on Carpenter Road was Lewis | Worthington’s birthplace and life- long residence. Early Worthingtons published a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, the Anti-Masonic Advocate, predecessor of the Wilkes-Barre Record. Ex- cerpts from an 1836 issue shows a subscription list of 1,718. The Worthington family had the first post office at Harveys Lake and the first telephone. At the time of the original settling at Harveys Lake, this part of Pennsylvania was considered part of Connecticut, where Worthingtons had lived since the days of the Pilgrim Fathers. Mr. Worthington is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Hoover, Har- veys Lake; a son, Edgar, Allentown; one grandson, E. Worthington, Al- Jentown; six great-grandsons. Miss settlement of unfamiliar Forces. SERVICE... ~ beyond the funeral itself We make it a special point to follow through com- pletely. All efforts are made to aid the family in funeral — particularly with members of the Armed problems relative to the STEPHEN FUNERAL M. 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