Carverton charge “Thank God for God . . . Thank God for life . . . Thank God for love.” The Rev. John Bell, St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, Harding, expressed the underlying meaning of Thanks- giving at the service Wednes- day evening in Mt. Zion United Sand-Wicks glow at open house ‘Persons who are searching for unusual Christmas gifts can have a hey day in the ‘‘Sand- Wick’ shop at the Myron Baker home in Lehman Satur- day and Sunday. Mrs. Baker is holding open house both days, 1 p.m. through 8 p.m., showing and selling her original sand cast candles. 4 Candlelight has always been a magic word—but candlelight glowing through these sand en- crusted free forms is particu- larly enchanting—and always iy piece. Some of the candles are deli- cate and lacelike, some re- semble stars and flowers. Others are so rough and crude and mis- shapen, one would believe they were unearthed in ancient 4 Aztec ruins. The largest candle Byeighs almost 15 pounds; cast in shades of purple, red and yellow, it calls for a Spanish type decor. It is crooked and crude and earthy, encrusted with sand and pebbles. All can- dles are sprayed to keep sand falling at a minimum. Mrs. Baker has arrived at her wax formula after much re- search and experimentation. She found that candle wax formulae are guarded by each company and only through ex- perimenting could she arrive at the right combination of waxes and acids for good burn- ing qualities. Since the process of cast- ing each candle is an original sand mold is time consuming, the output of ‘“‘Sand-Wicks’’ is limited. : Mrs. Baker will fill special orders if shoppers do not find the color combinations they are searching for. Once you “have selected your favorite “‘Sand-Wick,” you can be assured that no one else on earth will have one exactly like it, Megargels have 2/th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. William F. Megargel, First Street, Wardan Place, Harveys Lake, ob- served their 27th wedding anni- * versary Nov. 14. They are the parents of two. children, William J., East Se-’ tauket, Long Island, N.Y., and Suzanne, a junior at Lake-Leh- man High School. They have one granddaughter, MariEllen. Mrs. Megargel is the former Leonore Ruth, daughter of the late Captain and Mrs. John T. Ruth. Mr. Megargel is the son of Vera Michael, Berwick. He is employed by Bloomsburg State College in the mainten- ance department. Harveys Lake club ‘honors senior girls po a The executive board of the ’ | Harveys Lake Women's Service Club met recently at the home of Mrs. Richard Williams. Mrs. Howard Jones presided. Grace Martin led devotions. Mrs. Lee Bicking reported on the success of the dance held Nov. 14 at Hanson’s Picnic Grounds. Proceeds will be used for the purchase of four new wheelchairs. Education chairman, Mrs. Raymond Garinger, reported on a novel plan to increase the scholarship fund at the annual Christmas party which will be held tonight at 8 at the Lake Elementary School. organ society plans dinner The Back Mountain Organ Society met at the home of “Mrs. Ray Willson, Haddonfield Heights, recently for a Thanks- giving party. ~ The group discussed arrange- ments for the annual Christmas dinner to be held at the Frank- lin House, Shavertown. After the dinner, members will go to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jones, Pioneer Avenue, Shaver- town, where gifts will be ex- changed. Attending the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Al Slatky, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dungey, Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Cassar, Marjorie Krimmel, Sophie Layaou, Mertz Sokolnicki, Ted Jones, Ethel Gelsleichter, Anne Mack, Mr. and Mrs. Burl Updyke and Mrs. Glenn Willson. Gloria G. Suda baptized Nov. 22 Gloria #Georgiene, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Suda, Chase Manor, received the sacrament of infant baptism Saturday,Nov.22,atSt. Hedwig’s Church in Edwardsville. Godfather of the little girl is Lawrence Ubertini, New York City, brother of Mrs. Suda. God- mother is Theresa Arduna, also of New York, _ A dinner party in honor of the event was held that evening at the 735 Cafe, Edwardsville. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Ubertini, Astoria, Long Island, Gloria’s grandparents, were visiting the Sudas for the week- end. g ; Four members of the Lake- Lehman High School senior class will be honored as ‘‘Girls of the Month.”” They are Sheila Kopcha, Jane Cornell, Sharen Leinthall and Barbara Stevens. Housing and hospitality chairman, Mrs. Arthur Engler, announced hostesses for the Christmas party will be Mrs. Donald Hanson, chairman, as- sisted by Mrs. Charles Austin, Mrs. John Honeywell, Mrs. Thomas Baer, Mrs. Taft Truska Jr., Mrs. Norman Weinckowski, Mrs. Melvin Congdon, Mrs. Elwood Davis, Mrs. Lee Bicking and Mrs. Tom Noon. Reserva- tions must be made with Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. Honeywell or Mrs. Austin. Mrs. C. Wesley Boyle, first vice president, will arrange for Santa Claus to be present. Gifts will be exchanged and a program of readings and songs will be presented by Mrs. Danny Reese and members of the Plymouth Woman’s Club. Mrs. Allen Sorchik and her committee will distribute gifts to convalescent homes in the area. Mrs. C. Wesley Boyle is chairman of the Christmas Cheer Box Project and has asked for members to bake cookies and assist her in the biggest project of the year. Persons age 70 or over, sick and shut-ins are eligible for gifts. Assisting Mrs. Williams were cohostess, Mrs. Melvin Congdon and Mrs. Joseph Rauch. musical proauction John Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H.D. Ferguson, Upper Demunds Road, Dallas, and electronics instructor at Delaware Technical and Com- munity College, is heading the: musical production of the Miss Del Tech Pageant. Mr. Ferguson, possessing a wide musical background, studied music education at Wilkes College before changing to electronics. He played trom- bone, and sang with the college madrigal group and the Wilkes has ecumenical service Methodist Church. For the first time, the Thanks- giving Eve service of Carverton Methodist charge became an ecumenical act of worship in- cluding all churches in the com- munity. The spirit of the occasion was reflected in the joyful singing of the choir, made up of members of the host church joined by singers from Harding Church of Christ, St. Pius, and Carverton Methodist. The Rev. Charles Mulrooney, St. Frances X. Cabrini Church, and the Rev. Cecil Allmon, The Harding Church of Christ, joined the Rev. Donald Schalk, Carverton - Mt. Zion - Orange United Methodist Churches, in leading members of all their congregations in expressing thanks and praise to God. Members of the combined choir were Marjorie Seiple, Claire Jurchak, Faye Perry, CatherineGilbert, Jean Hronich, EmmaRamsden,MildredLloyd, Kelly Bishop, John Burke, Stanley Golembeski, Cornelius Hastie, Walter Repasky, Joe Romnsiewicz,GordonRamsden, Roy J. Thomas, Joe Kozloski, Charles Gilbert. Organist was Tim Earl. Dallas families entertain guests Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Veitch, Claude Street, Dallas, had as guests over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend their daugh- er and her family, Isabelle ' and Thomas Held and son Tho- mas Jr. from suburban Buffalo. “The Helds brought Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moore and Sandra and Deborah Moore with them. Mr. Moore had just returned home from Vietnam. The group visited many areas in Pennsylvania during the week including a visit with aunts and uncles they had never seen before and grand- mother Irene Moore and the Moore family in East Dallas. Sandra and Deborah say they will never forget the weekend and hope they can visit here during the summer. Betty Rome lives In French House Betty Rome, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver D. Rome, New Goss Manor, RD 1, Dallas, is now living in the French House at Ashland College, Ashland, Ohio. Miss Rome, a senior at Ash- land, is vice president of the French Club; member of the Student National Education Association; Kappa Delta Pi national education honorary, and was named to the dean’s list. Few colleges or universities has language houses. With the exception of freshmen, any coed who is a French major or minor is eligible to request residence in the house at Ashland College. Miss Rome says she has no trouble sticking to the ‘All French” rule except when she is excited or runs into an ex- pression that doesn’t usually come up in a French class. son born to Schulers Mr. and Mrs. Francis Schuler, Harveys Lake, announce the birth of a son, Brent Francis, Nov. 21, at General Hospital. The Schulers already have a daughter, Carol Marie, 4. Mrs. Schuler is the former Joy Agnew, daughter of Jean Ag- new, Briarcrest, Idetown, and the late Leslie Agnew. College Collegians. He also served as soloist at many churches in the Wilkes-Barre area. "Mr. Ferguson is centering the pageant around the theme Christmas in Camelot. Not only has he been hard at work with the production numbers, chorus and band, but he has also been helping the contestants with their own talent presentations. The pageant will be held Dec. 12, at the college near Géorge- town, Del. THE DALLAS POST, DEC. 4, 1969 At rehearsal of “The Princess and the Pea,” Stephanie Liva as Queen Rotten, the Rude, and Ted Sod as the Grand Wizard, the Wicked, plot to sabotage Princess Clytemnestra’s chances of passing the ‘‘sensitivity test,” thus becoming eligible to marry Prince Nevertheless, the Nothing. Junior League presents classic at King's College Hans Christian Andersen’s classic, ‘The Princess and the Pea,”’ as dramatized by J. Gerald Godwin of King’s Col- lege drama department, will be presented by the Junior League of Wilkes-Barre, in cooperation with King’s College. Four per- formances will be given on each of two weekends, Dec. 6-7 and Browns observes 20th anniversary at family dinner Attorney and. Mrs. James Lenahan Brown, Westmoreland Hills, Trucksville, observed their 20th wedding anniversary Nov. 27 with a family dinner. The couple was married in St. Therese’s Church, Old River Road, by the Rev. Charles Gal- lagher. Mrs. Brown in the former Irene Kearns of Wilkes-Barre. The Browns have four children, Karen, Maureen, Larry and Patrice. Attorney Brown is associated with the law firm of Flood, Brown, Farrell and Burns. Dec. 13-14, at 1: 30 and 3: 30 p.m. in King’s College auditorium. The production is under the direction of Mr. Godwin. Credit Purely Personal for design of sets and special effects goes to James Andrews of the drama department, as- sisted by Chris Cunningham, a student of drama at the college. Naomi Gosart, Harveys Lake, is a patient in Nesbitt Me- morial Hospital, Kingston. She is out of intensive care and is in room A-1. Her condition is improved. Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy, Lehman Avenue, Dallas, enter- tained during Thanksgiving week Mr. Murphy's mother, Mrs. Robert Murphy, Fairfield, Conn., Mrs. Murphy's brother Eric Wilska, and his friend, Janice Lyzscnzeski, W. Springfield, Mass., and Marietta, Ohio. Valerie M. Andrews and son, Christopher, Fowlerville, N.Y., are spending several days with her mother, Doris Mallin, and grandmother Irene Monk, 45 Pinecrest Ave., Dallas, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Leonard Laskowski, Trucksville. Her hus- band, Don, is hunting in the Mehoopany area. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Morris and family, Church Street, Dal- las, spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Quincy, Mass., where they attended the first reunion of Mr. Morris’ family in seven years. . Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, Loyalville, spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs. Adams’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Smith, E. Waterford, and Mr. Adams, Dry Run. Adams’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank PAGE FIVE woman's club sets meeting date Dallas Senior Woman's Club will hold its December meeting Wednesday night, Dec. 10, at the Prince of Peace Church at 8. Elizabeth N. Krum of North- umberland will present ‘‘Adven- tures in Books’ which will include Christmas books. The Club Chorale will pre- sent selections from its Christ- mas program. Members who plan to attend are asked to bring unwrapped gifts for patients of Retreat Hospital. Gifts listed are lip- stick or jewelry for the women and ballpoint pens or stretch socks for the men. Wrappings are to accompany the gifts. Mrs. Harold LaBar was named chairman of the sale of placemats and notepaper. Per- sons who wish to use these items as Christmas gifts are asked to contact her. 2 The club members are mak- ing pincushions for sale. Mrs. Floyd Slocum is in charge. The club’s executive board met last week at the home of Mrs. Ornan Lamb. Present were Mrs. Michael Bucan, Mrs. Robert Parker, Mrs. William Schilling, Mrs. Edwin Roth, Mrs. Robert Van Horn. Mrs. L. L. Richardson, Mrs. Vern Groff, Mrs. Lawrence Newhart, Mrs. Floyd Slocum, Mrs. Jack Stanley, Mrs. Lewis Reese, Mrs. Harold LaBar, Betty Dixon, Mrs. Lester Jor- dan, Mrs. Leonard Cowett, Mrs. Boyd White, cohostess and the hostess. Major Antiques hold open house Mr. and Mrs. T. Bryce Major and son Thomas have extended an invitation to area residents to attend the second annual holiday open house at Major Antiques Saturday and Sunday, from 1 p.m. through 8 p.m. Major Antiques is located on the Lehman-Huntsville Road, near the entrance of the Wilkes-Barre Campus of Penn State. : The Majors specialize in country furniture and appoint- ments such as dry sinks, jelly cupboards, round tables, wash stands, drop leafs, chests, plank bottoms, cradles, curved glass china closets, woodenware, brass and copper. John Daughertys wed 54 years Mr. and Mrs. John Daugherty, 281 N. Sprague Ave., Kingston, recently observed their 54th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Davis, Harveys Lake. Mrs. Daugherty is the former Eleanor Williams. Mr. Daugh- erty is a retired superintendent of the M.G.I. Corp. O'Malias at family Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cu O’Malia, Westmoreland Hills, Trucksville, recently = enter- tained Mr. O’Malia’s sisters and brothers and their families at a ‘‘welcome home’’ buffet party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gill Jr. The Gills recently returned from Germany where Mr. Gill completed his Army service as a Specialist five. He is the son The couple have two daugh- ters, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Harold Turner, Levittown, Pa. They have four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Daugherty, a recent surgical patient at Wilkes- Barre General Hospital, is con- valescing at her daughter’s home at Harvey's Lake. entertain party of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gill Sr., Los Angeles. Mrs. Gill Sr. is the former Mary O’Malia, Wilkes-Barre. : Joseph O’Malia is one of eight children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. O’Malia, Wilkes-Barre. Mr. O’Malia was the founder of O’Malia Laundry and Dry Cleaning on the Har- veys Lake Highway. 7 Members of the O’Malia family gather with 40 guests at a party in honor of the William Gill family on their return from Germany. Left to right, rear, are: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 0O’Malia, Elmcrest, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gill Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. O’'Malia, Westmoreland Hills, Trucks- 2% ville, hosts; on floor, Susan, Nicky, Alex and Jody O'Malia, children of the host and hostess.
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