¥ 2 i ] 3 of MYC So ANE / h TIA. {i | cLEANED A "SECTION B — PAGE 6 IDETOWN, Bess Cooke LEHMAN, Barbara Simms . MEEKER, Mrs. Fred Winter - % NEWS FROM POST ~~ BEAUMONT, Mrs. William Austin FERNBROOK, Mrs. George Shaver ~ HARVEYS LAKE, Mrs.Albert Armitage JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Mrs. William Hughes CO RRESPONDENTS NE 9-2544 ® Mt. ZION, Rev. Charles Gilbert Harding 388-2270 OR 4-5460 ® NOXEN, Mrs. Ira Beahm NE 9-8522 NE 9-6531 ® RUGGLES, Mrs. Glenn Kocher NE 9-3930 NE 89-5137 ® - SHAVERTOWN, Mrs. Thomas Kriedler OR 4-4429 696-1005 ® SWEET VALLEY, Mrs. Albert Ray GR 7-3271 OR 4-3391 ; ® ~ TRUCKSVILLE, Nelson Woolbert 696-1689 GR 77-2734 ® be Mount Zion -:- Carverion :- Orange y THAT PICTURE — It has been growing on me, that painting in the pulpit alcove of Mt. Zion church, Indirect lighting with neither glare nor shadows brings out the detail. k It is a copy of Hofman’s Christ in Gethsemane. [Painted on deep purple velvet the colors are rich and soft. The halo around the head seems to belong there, not a mere artifice to suggest special holiness. ‘Here is the way this painting came to be in the Mt. Zion church. Qur younger set should know where it came from and the older ones must not forget. It was pre- sented to Mt. Zion church by Dr. Edward M. Holmes in memory of his father Wheeler H. Holmes in 1957. Dr. Holmes was bom in the house that once stood ‘on the site Be of the former Howard Lewis house. ~ He was a practising dentist for a number of years in Pittston and lived neighbor to Allan Smiles in West Pittston. Like many of our fine young people of today Dr. Holmes while growing up developed a fondness for this Mt. Zion church. After being away from here for a num- “ber of years he yearned to do something special in memory of his father. When on a world tour Dr. Holmes got acquainted with an artist by name of Gonzales — “F. Gonzales 56” which is faintly seen in the lower corner of the painting. When in New York Dr. Holmes pur- chased the picture. He had been impressed not only by the art piece itself but by the fact that it was done on velvet, an unusual material for such work. ~~ There are many copies of the Hofman “Jesus in Gethsemane” for it seems to be a favorite for Sunday School and other ecclesiastical use. One art book on my shelves has a print of it and this to say about it! “In the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane here depicted by Hof- man, the physical man shrinks from the pain that he knows is about to be inflicted upon him — the whip- ping, the buffeting, the crown of thorns, the crucifixion and the cruel thrusts of the spear.” But not a speck of that agony shows in the print. I haven't seen it in many reproductions. But some years ago I visited Riverside Church in New York and Hofman's original Gethsemane picture was being dis- played. The unspeakable pain clearly evident in that work of the artist grooved itself in my memory. The gospel story tersely tells it and Hofman had the lines in the face— it was all there and I had not seen it in any copy, Now F. Gonzales — whoever he was — put it in paint on the vel- vet. Look at it the next time you come to Mt. Zon church, and do come! Read the story for instance in Luke 22:39-46 and study those facial lines. Thursday brought a new field of work for me, I began as chaplain of Valley Crest Home, Lu- zerne County's new building re- cently opened. Since most of the Luzerne County patients formerly at Ransom were transferred now ‘to Valley Crest there was no point in the Wyoming Valley Council of Churches sponsoring my chaplaincy at Ransom any longer. In order for my greatest efficiency at the new Valley Crest it was felt that I should no longer continue as chap- lain at Pittston Hospital. It was a great day for a new be- ginning. Valley Crest has an office provided for the chaplain fully equipped with all conveniences for chaplains of three faiths. 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Last week Tuesday night Nes- bitt’s Golden Anniversary we were invited to attend -the 50th anni- versary- of Nesbitt Memorial Hos- pital School of Nursing, The three doctors now remaining of the original staff were Dr. J. W. Kirsh- ner, Dr, V. P, Edwards and Dr. C. L. Shafer. Their families conceived a surprise way of honoring them for their service by selecting 3 nurses of outstanding record to be presented a check for $50. When the three doctors had been called to the platform Mrs, Lashford an- nounced that the family of Dr. Kirshner was presenting such a check to Miss Eva Wesley for her 27 consecutive years on the Nes- bitt, nursing staff; the family of Dr. V. P. Edwards had a check for Mrs. Lucy Hessley Shoemaker for being Nesbitt’s oldest alumni, She is doing outstanding work in her home with retarded children. The third check by Dr. Shafer’s family was presented to Dorothy Gilbert (her father being present to accept it on her behalf) for the fact that she was the first Nesbitt graduate to go into full - time Christian service. Dorothy's schedule of studies is so demanding just now that she was not able to attend this signal event. It was nice to see many people we know at that event, including student nurses Phyllis Seiple, San- a Smith from Mt. Zion, and ancy Davis who West Pittston, ld Saturday night I strayed back to my last parish to perform the mar- riage of Helen (Punkie) G. Miller of Pittston and Joseph P. Ludgate Jr. of Scranton in the First Methodist Church of Broad Street. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Thomas Wil- liams, was touring Puerto Rico so could not be present to officiate. Paul Smith returned home from Pittston Hospital where he spent some time following injuries re- ceived falling from a cinder truck. My wife who has seen her preacher husband ease himself up from the pulpit chair many a time with a kink in his back, noticed our preach- er do the same cautious movement last Sunday morning. Pastor Reid wants no sympathy, never com- plains; but did confess to his lay leader when asked how he felt, “Miserable”. My doctor up in New York state who advocated to sleep on a board said it probably was one penalty coming to the sons of men since they dropped down from the trees and began trying to stand on their hind legs. Wow! What one of my Fundamentalist church mem- bers thought of that! Well, anyway, our preacher gave a whale of a sermon last Sunday morning. Maybe more preachers should have back catches! Our marine, Gene LaBar, home for the weekend has been traveling Dr. Aaron 88 Main Street, Dallas OR 4-4506 DALLAS HOURS: | Tues. — Wed. 2 to 8 p.m. one HOUR MARTINIZING. the most in DRY CLEANING CLEANERS | oaLas SHOPPING CEN 2 to 5 p.m. Other days in Shopping Center Friday KINGSTON BU 7-2151 Same Optometrist Announcing DAVID ERTLEY INC. KINGSTON, PENNSYLVANNIA as your franchised dealer for LINCOLN CONTINENTAL MERCURY ® METEOR ® COMET CoNTACT ~ CLYDE DAVIS NI YOUR BACK MOUNTAIN REPRESENTATIVE recently. His commanding officer had to visit Puerto Rico and ather far points and took along Gene. Speaking of service men, there's one whom Carverton people will always remember for his jolly ways, and for his cheerful mother—that’s Forrest Costine. We had a délight- ful, chatty letter from him early this month. This was written “at sea”. Says in part: “Here in Japan we have just started the Year of the Tiger—and the Japanese custom is that everyone spends the first few days of the New Year calling on all of his friends. Since I don’t have any old friends here, I feel the very least I can do is sit down and tap out a few lines’, .. What pleasant memories I have of our Carverton days . . . At present I am on the new guided missile cruiser USS OKLA- HOMA CITY with Vice Admiral W. A. Schoech the Commander of the Seventh Fleet. I have been on his staff since September and do man- age to get around a great deal. In three short months, I was hopping around to such places as Korea, Okinawa, Taipei, Manila, Hong Kong but always back to our homeport in Yokosuka Japan—about 35 miles from Tokyo. Have also visited Nag- asaki where little remains but the horrible memories of the A-bomb drop during the war. The city has a tremendous comeback and no one could imagine that 16 years ago it was completely in ruin. Within the next two months I will have visited Hiroshima too. Mom keeps very well and is happy in her little California home with her dachshund, Shotsey. She is about a mile from Dave, Irene and family and does enjoy being near them ... We certainly enjoyed the Scobles’ brief visit last summer!! Forrest was always one of “our boys” when we lived at Carverton. Last Sunday afternoon Karen Hronich and Nadine VanTuyle went to Valley Crest Home and sang two duets for the patients. Catherine Gilbert played the organ for the service, Leon VanTuyle took the girls in his car. Mary Louise Lewis rode with us to the home.” All of these who went helped wheel pa- tients from the wards to the audito- rium and were enthusiastic about the experience and eager to go again. Bert Coon of Carverton visited our house Sunday afternoon and we had a good time. Shavertown Mrs. Jane Youngblood, 116 E. Center Street, is a surgical patient iti the Nesbitt Hospital.. She will be there about a week. The community offers sympathy to Mrs. Richard Sheldon, 227 Pio- neer Avenue, Mrs. Sheldon’s mother, Mrs. Joseph Wascalus, passed away this past week. After-Skating Supper Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Lewis, Shagbark Drive, entertained at an After-Skating Supper on Sunday evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith, Forty Fort; Mr. and Mrs. James Perry, Trucksville; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Morgan, Diane and David Morgan, Trucksville; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sherwood and Denise Sherwood, Chase; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kreidler, Tommy, Kathy, Betsy and Carol Kreidler, Shavertown; Judith and Bobby Lew- is and the host and hostess. Hot dogs were roasted in the fireplace and hot chocolate and coffee were plentiful. Nothing makes the younger gen- eration settle down faster than a still younger generation showing up. S. Lisses Professional Suite Gateway Shopping Center Edwardsville BU 7-9735 ‘GATEWAY CENTER HOURS: Daily 9:30 to 5:30 p.m. Evenings: Thurs. & Fri. to 8 p.m, / DALLAS OR 4-8056 PLEAS by McFeatters NET “Let's skip the an." report to stockholders this year?” | INCOME Lo [4 W_ BS 1 rt SWEET Items of interest will be greatly appreciated for this column. Your correspondent’s new phone number is GReenleaf 7-3271. Pvt. Elwyn Cragle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cragle arrived home Saturday from Fort Jackson, S. C. He will remain here until February 2, when he will leave for Fort Gordon, Georgia, where he wil] receive signal corp training for a: twelve week period. Dean Long, student at Bloomsburg State Teachers College arrived home last Saturday to spend the mid- semester vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Long. ¢ Tom Hopa, Huntsville, was guest of Don and Dick Stroud,sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ricchard N. Stroud, last week-end. Ross Committee of Ross Elem- entary School will meet Monday, in the school auditorium. Parents of all children attending Ross Elem- entary School are asked to attend. Robert Walsh will show slides which were taken in Korea. Georgie and Karen Haines, child- ren of Mr. and Mrs. George K. Haines, Sr. are observing birthdays this month, Georgie will be ten years old tomorrow and Karen was four on January 3. Georgie is the oldest of the five Haines children and Karen is the little cutie who informed us last Halloween that she just couldn't ever look at an- other apple. Mrs. Richard N. Stroud and Mrs. Floyd Wolfe attended the Round Tabiec meeting at the Nanticoke Mrs. Stroud and Mrs. Wolfe are associated with Cub Pack 444, Sweet Valley. Jeannie Simmons, Plymouth was the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Helvig, Cease Terrace; last week-end. Mrs. Thomas Jones has returned home after visiting with her broth- er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Costello and her niece Mrs. Tim Collins, Donellen, N.J. Mrs. Edward (Speary with sons, Ronnie and Teddy, have returned to their home at Mooretown after spending a week with Mrs. Speary's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moore, Mansfield. Edward Faust has returned to his home after spending a week in Bellefonte, where he attended the funeral of his sister. Mrs. Lizzie Davis, Forty-Fort, has returned to her home after spend- ing the past week as the guest of her sister-inlaw, Mrs. Mabel Hess. Mr. and Mrs, Al Malak and George Slatky, Brooklyn, N. Y. spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Al Slatky, Lake Silkworth. If you are looking for an after- noon of real old fashioned enjoy- ment, the place to do your ice skat- ing is near the Lake-front home of the Al Slatkeys, where friends Offset Negatives Phone Rear 29 North Main St. American Legion last week. Both : Graphic Arts Services INCORPORATED PHOTO-ENGRAVING VALLEY wind up the afternoon with a song fest with Mrs. Slatky at the organ. Last"Sunday visitors from around the Valley included Mrs. George Pat- rican with sons, George, Jr. and Kenneth; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mahol- ik; Gene Rapotski and daughter Donna and The Ben Swartz fam- ily. Last week John Urbanc plowed Lake Silkworth, keeping it in top condition for skating. Many of the summer residents return for week- ends to enjoy the skating. Bob and Ann Lou Smith, arrived last Friday to spend some time with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitesell, Fades. The Smiths had been studying at the Bible Institute of New Tribes Mis- sion, Woodworth, Wis. and after February 5, will be at Jersey Shore, Pa. at the Missionary Institute Training School. This course will be between six months and one year, after which time they will return to Wisconsin for further study and graduation &5 Field Missionaries. Enroute home they visited Ann Lou's uncle and aunt, Rev. and Mrs. P. L. Washburn, Fredericktown, Pa. and her sister and family, the Arth- ur Cragles of Montoursville. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Post, Henry and Brent, and Mrs. Nettie Post attended a surprise birthday party in honor of Mrs. Guy Lynn, Ber. wick last Tuesday. Mrs. Lynn and Mrs. Howard [Post are sisters. On Wednesday Mrs. Lynn entered Geis- inger Hospital, where she is a surg- ical patient. Sweet Valley Protective Fish and Game Association will hold a month. ly meeting on January 30, at Sweet {valley Fire Hall at 8. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Trimble and son Jay, Fairlawn, N. J. were guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walsh. Our three year old Graceanne fell while playing last week, re- ceiving a laceration on her face which required three stitches. After several weeks of being ill, Karla Penny, returned to school last week. On the sick list at the time of this writing are Al, Baby Brooke, and one fractured thermometer. Do I envy John Glenn! If your child was among those invited to spend this week end camping in our back yard, just disre- gard the invitation. The reason ? Well it seems Santa goofed. Not , remembering that our. Kevin insists on making immediate use of his gifts, Santa left a pup tent! Kevin spent the past week inviting members of Ross Elementary’s second grade to join him in sleeping out. The payoff came when he informed me that he had promised his buddies that his Mom would serve all thirty-three of them scrambled eggs and bacon at the campsite. and Platemaking Screen Prints, Art Work VA 5-2978 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . “Rly BRiene Churches and Theatres — Near Write for Literature and Rates HOTEL JEFFERSON ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY Central location overlooking Boardwalk .and convenient to Piers, Rail and Bus Terminals — Inviting Lobbies and Parlors — Closed and Open Sun Decks Atop — All Rooms Delightfully Furnished — — Conducted by Hospitable Ownership Management that de- lights in catering fo the wishes of American Families. Modified and European Plans’ : ; Hotel Jefferson ; Atlantic City, New. Jersey ; Fernbrook SP.4 James C. Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Rogers, Maple Street, has been discharged from Fort Hamilton, N. Y. after spend- ing over three years as an Air Conditioning | Mechanic with the Quartermaster Corp. of the U.S. Army. He recently spent three months in Metz, France. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have two other sons in the service. They in Germany, a member of the 25th Signal Battalion and Pfc. Richard J. Rogers, stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Ray Bloom, Main Road, is a pat- ient in the Jewish Hospital, Phila- delphia, where he is undergoing tests on his foot. P.M. Church is holding its meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Fluck, Harvey's Lake, on Thursday at 1:45. Mrs. Ira Button, E. Overbrook Ave., has returned home afer spend- ing a week in Stroudsburg. Her daughter, Mrs. Truman Stewart, recently submitted to surgery -in General - Hospital, E. Stroudsburg. Word has been received that Sam Patner, formerly of East Overbrook Avenue, has returned to his home in New Market, N. J. from a New York Hospital. His condition is very serious. Gerald Blazick, Patterson, N.' J. spent last week-end with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blazick, Sr., Hunlock Creek. Bernard Schopper, cousin of Mrs. was buried, last week. Mr. Schopper for twenty years while she resided made his home with Mrs. Bronson in Luzerne. Mrs. Ronald Hughes, son Bernard and daughter, Mich- elle, Ringtown, along with Mr. and Mrs. Bronson attended the funeral. Mrs. Julia Sobolewski,” who re- ceived severe burns when she ac- cidentally fell against the stove in her home several weeks ago has re- covered nicely. Mrs. Sobolewski, a semi-invalid spends most of her time in a wheel-chair. We must have respect for both our plumbers and our philosophers or neither our pipes nor our theories will hold water. DID YOU READ THE TRADING POST bh” are, SP4 Robert D. Rogers, stationed | | ter, Lois. Missionary Society of the Glenview | Eula Hughes Bronson, North Lake,’ ONE DAILY MULTIPLE VITAMINS Over 3 Month’s Supply sl.93 Evans Drug Store | SHAVERTOWN OR 4-3888 ENOUGH LIFE depends on your family’s size, standard of living, retirement plans. plan for future security. phone . Dallas, Pa. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. Life Insurance ® Group Insurance ® Annuities ® Health Insurance @® Pension Plans @ : DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA Harveys Lake Harveys Lake Woman's Service Club will meet February 1, at Lake School. Members extend an invis tation to members and friends to see two film strips on “Self Exam. ination” and “Time and Two Wom- en” presented by Mrs. N. R. El. liott of the American Cancer Soce iety. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Avery are spending some time in Florida and later will be visited by their daugh- Mr. and Mrs, Z. E. Garinger, Dallas, were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Jessie Garinger and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Armitage. Mrs. Theodore Heness has re covered from her recent. illness, and is out again, She has been ill a couple weeks with virus. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. DeMicha ele, Ossining, N. Y., announce the birth of a daughter, January 13,: They have a son, Joseph Jr., Mr i De Michele is the former Louise’ Javer and a graduate of Robert. Packer Hospital, Sayre. 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