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MRS. ALBERT PRATT
Mrs. Albert Pratt, RD 2,
Hunlock Creek, died Jan. 15
in Geisinger Medical Center,
Danville. She had been ad-
mitted Jan. 2 as a medical
patient.
Mrs. Pratt was the former
Edna Prusakowski born in
Nanticoke. She was a mem-
ber of St. Mary's Church,
Nanticoke.
Surviving besides her hus-
band, Albert Pratt, are broth-
ers Leonard Prusakowski,
Nanticoke; Alexander Prusa-
kowski, Long Island, N.Y.;
sister Mrs. John Rombilus,
RD 2, Hunlock Creek.
Funeral was held
Drapiewski Funeral
14 W. Green St., Nanticoke,
Monday with a Requiem Mass
in St. Mary’s Church. Interment
was in the parish cemetery.
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ERNEST PHILLIPS
| A former resident of Noxen,
Ernest Phillips, Rochester,
~ died in Rochester General
Hospital Jan. lo.
Mr. Phillips was employed
at Eastman Kodak Co.,
i Rochester.
i He is survived by his
wife, the former Linda Hack-
ling of Noxen; children,
* Ernest Jr., Eric, Elaine and
| Eden, all at home; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Phillips,
Lewisburg; ‘paternal grand-
| parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
| Phillips, Parsons, W. Va.;
| brothers, Richard Phillips,
California; sisters Mrs. Pat-
rick Pilger, Rochester; Linda
Phillips, Lewisburg.
i Funeral was held Monday
| from the Nulton Funeral Home,
. Beaumont. The Rev. William
§*C. Bispels' of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, Shavertown,
‘officiated. Interment was in
| Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunk-
hannock.
\ CLARENCE E. LAFFIN
Clarence E. Laffin, 51, known
by many residents in the
Noxen area, died recently
| in the Tucker County Hos-
| pital, Parsons, W. Va. fol-
| lowing a heart attack he
| had Dec. 30. He was a native
bof North Bend and resided
"at 409 Main St., Parsons,
at the time of his death.
~ "He was a former employe
of the Armour Leather Co.,
I working for a time at Noxen.
| He joined the Parsons Tan-
ning Co., almost four years
| ago as a shipping clerk fore-
man where he worked until
|
the day he became ill.
Home, -
obituaries
Mr. Laffin was born Feb.
27, 1918, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Laffin, North Bend,
who survive him. He gradu-
ated from the Renovo High
School in 1936 and was mar-
ried to the former Grace
Clonan of Renovo. He was a
member of North Bend United
Methodist Church and the
Elks Lodge in Elkins, W.Va.
Besides -- his wife he is
survived by three sons and
a daughter, William Laffin,
Mrs. Richard Sayman, Frank-
fort, N.Y.; Capt. Clarence
E., with the Army in Stuttgart,
Germany, and Charles, a stu-
dent at Community College,
Rochester. There are five
grandchildren. A brother,
William Laffin, died on D-
Day 1944 in the invasion of
Normandy.
HARVEY SEARFOSS
Harvey L. Searfoss, 505
Ferry St., Newark, N.J., for-
mer Back Mountain resident,
died in St. James Hospital Jan.
7.
The son of the late Franklin
A. and Elizabeth DeHaven Sear-
foss, he was born in Alderson
in 1911. He was educated in the
Dallas Township schools.
Mr. Searfoss moved to New-
ark 30 years ago and for the
past 27 years he was employed
by the Worthington Corpora-
tion in Harrison as an opera-
tor.
Mr. Searfoss was a member
of Trinity Reformed Church,
Newark, and served on its
Board of Elders for 15 years.
He was also a member of Local
1833 of the United Steel Workers
of America.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Almeda Calkins; a
son Harvey Jr., Carteret, N.J.;
daughter Rita Anderson, New-
ark ; two brothers, Arthur, Pis-
catway, N.J., and George, Har-
veys Lake; four sisters, Clara
S. Kitchen, Dallas, Sarah Pan-
zia, Philadelphia, Louise Baer,
Hunlock Creek and Lavenia
Barry, Sayre, and four grand-
children.
receives
degree
Lewis Isaac, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Isaac, RD 2,
Dallas, received a bachelor’s
degree in secondary education
from Millersville State College,
Millersville, Friday, Jan. 16.
Memorial Highway
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Sanders have
first child
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Sanders,
Nescopek, announce the birth
of their first child, Anthony
Joseph.
The infant son, born at Ber-
wick Hospital Jan. 15, is
also the first grandchild of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur R. Gossart,
Harveys Lake, parents of
Mrs. Sanders, the former
Nancy Gossart.
FISH in motion
In area Feb. 71
Fish, neighborhood volun-
teer service, is ready to start
operating Feb. 11 at 6 a.m. An
official telephone number,
675-5272, has been issued. With-
in minutes of calling the number
any Back Mountain resident in
need of help, whether it be
Lake-Lehman band sponsors
will hold a bake sale Friday,
Jan. 23, at the Acme Market,
Shavertown. The sale will
start at 10 a.m.
Delmar Wintersteen, Picnic
Grounds, is a medical pa-
tient in the Nesbitt Hospital,
Kingston.
It has been reported that
Tom and Mary's (William's)
Bar and Grill, Second Street,
Warden Place, was sold re-
cently to Attorney Merton E.
Jones, representing the Han-
over National Bank. This re-
porter understands that the
Harveys Lake American Legion
is looking for a ‘home’ of
their own, so . . why not
look into this property?
The reporter has been told
by a very reliable source
that the Eastern Star will
hold an auction sometime
this summer! So . . . ladies,
when you start your spring
housecleaning, instead of
throwing out those useful
household items, donate it to
the auction. I expect to have
more news about it in the
near future.
Sorry to hear that our
mailman Warren Johnson was
injured and his car exten-
sively damaged in a car-truck
collision Jan. 15, one-fifth mile
from Payne’s Store, Loyalville,
Lake Township.
Mr. Johnson was treated at
Nesbitt =~ Memorial Hospital
for multiple facial lacera-
tions and was discharged
after being sutured and X-
rayed. Ernest B. London, Dal-
las, was driver of the truck.
It is owned by George Yatsko,
Dallas.
HARVEYS LAKE
George B. Sordoni of Dal-
las has been appointed assist-
ant treasurer of Common-
wealth Telephone Company,
Dallas.
Mr. Sordoni is the son of
Margaret B. Sordoni Jr., 1710
Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort,
and the late A. J. Sordoni
Jr.
Auxiliary to American Legion,
Unit 967, Harveys Lake, held
its regular monthly meeting
Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. at the Daniel
C. Roberts Fire Hall. Fran
Desiderio presided.
In the absence of Rose-
mary Engle, chaplain, Myrtle
Wagner read the opening
prayer and closed the meet-
ing with a prayer.
Millie Bozek read a letter,
from the legionnaires thanking
the auxiliary for its help at
the children’s Christmas party.
The veteran’s Christmas party
was discussed. The auxili-
ary donated $25 to the Daniel
C. Roberts Fire Company.
Millie Bozek and Marion
Oplinger were hostesses.
The Bi-County Council meet-
ing was held Wednesday,
Jan. 21, at ‘the American
Legion, Swoyersville. Attend-
ing were Fran Yankoski,
president; Fran Desiderio,
Laura Carey and Marion
Oplinger. Mystery prizes
were won by Millie Bozek and
Laura Carey.
The next meeting will be
held Feb. 10 at the fire hall.
Laura Carey will conduct the
business meeting in the absence
of Mrs. Desiderio who ex-
pects to be in Florida.
Mrs. Carey and Mrs. Yan-
koski will serve as hostesses.
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Store Hours 9:30 to 5:30
— Thursday 9:30 to 9.00
babysitting, transportation or
food, will be put in touch with
a Fish volunteer. This good
neighbor service is avail-
able 24 hours a day.
Over 80 people in the area
have organized to make Fish
a successful operation. There
will be two special training
sessions held next week for
these volunteers and any other
interested in participating. The
sessions will be held Jan. 26
and 27 at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church at 8 p.m. Volunteers
may attend whichever session
is more convenient for them.
Mrs. William Bispels of the
Steering Committee has an-
nounced that teenagers from the
Back Mountain Youth Council
will distribute flyers bearing the
telephone number of Fish in the
next few weeks. They will be
handed out at local shopping
centers in hope of reaching most
people. It is recommended that
residents place the number near
their telephones to be used in
an emergency.
Donna C. Smith
feted at luncheon
Mrs. Harvey Kitchen, Ide-
town, entertained at a luncheon
at the Westmoreland Club Satur-
day in honor of her grand-
daughter, Donna C. Smith.
Donna is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald D. Smith,
West Dallas, who recently an-
nounced her engagement to
Donald B. Holman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hol-.
man, Gibsonia.
Attending the luncheon were:
Mrs. Ted Miller, Mrs, Russell
Lawry, Mrs. Russell Thomas,
Mrs. Harry Crawford, Doris
Mallin, Mrs. Walbridge Lein-
thall, Mrs. George Searfoss,
Mrs. Donald D. Smith, Mrs.
Pearle Gilroy, Mrs. Robert
Templin, Cathy Martin, Patti
Larson, Linda Farra, Miriam
Mohr, Ellen New, the guest of
honor and the hostess.
CATHY WILSON
assemblywill hold
installation tonight
Jill Daron, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. E. Daron, Over-
brook Road, Dallas, will be
installed tonight as Worthy Ad-
visor of Charles James Me-
morial Assembly No. 144, In-
ternational Order of Rainbow
for Girls. She will serve and
direct the assembly for four
months.
Installing Jill and her corps
of officers will be Cathy Wil-
son, retiring Worthy Advisor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tex
Wilson, Lake Cataylpa Road,
Dallas.
Huntsville Church
plans dedication
Members of the official board
of the Huntsville Christian
Church set March 1 as the date
of the dedication of the new
sanctuary and baptistry. The
board held its regular monthly
meeting at the church Monday
evening.
Paul Daily, president, an-
nounced the annual ham and
egg supper will be held March
14. Proceeds will go to the
building fund. The Week of
Compassion offering will be re-
ceived at the regular Fellow-
ship meeting of the church,
Feb. 26.
JILL DARON
Jill will be presented with a
nosegay of green and white car-
nations by her brother Craig.
Mr. Wilson will present the Past
Worthy Advisor’s jewel to his
daughter.
Both girls are juniors at Dal-
las Senior High School.
Cathy will present her
mother, Jean Wilson who will
retire as Mother Advisor, with
the Past Mother Advisor's
jewel.
Installation will begin at
7:30 p.m. in the Eastern Star
Hall, Foster Street, Dallas.
HIX DAY
Dallas club
sewing contest
set Feb. 3
Dallas Junior Woman's Club is
conducting its annual sewing
contest under the direction of
Mrs. Byron Rineheimer, Home-
life chairman. There will be two
divisions each, judged separ-
ately, and given monetary
awards. The first is a student
competition featuring dress up
clothes, excluding formals, suit-
able for the high school student.
All outfits must have been
made since Sept. 1, 1969 and will
be modeled by the student con-
testants.
The second division is the
clubwoman’s competition. Con-
testants will be asked to model
the ideal costume for a clu]
woman’s daytime vararonfy
The rules again state that th&
outfit must have been made
after Sept. 1, 1969.
Judging will take place at the
Dallas Junior Woman's meeting
at the Prince of Peace Church
Feb. 3 at 8 o'clock. Winners of
the local competition will then
be entered in a division contest
and the winners from that event
entered in a statewide contest
sponsored by the General Fed-
eration of Women’s Clubs.
Students or club women. in-
terested in entering the contest
are asked to contact Mrs. Byron
Rineheimer Jr., 18 Colonial
Road, High Point Acres, for
further information. v
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Mrs. Hicks has received the Golden Quill award
from the International Conference of Weekly News-
paper Editors, the Philadelphia Regional Women
Writers annual award and was named newspaper
woman of 1951 in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Hicks, who celebrated her 78th birthday
Jan. 17, will be given a Dallas Post plaque by her
staff during the Sunday activities.
Now freed from her routine desk duties, Mrs.
Hicks has said that she is enjoying the free time
to spend with her family and friends, including
four children, 22 grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
The First National Bank
has 6,947 of these “offices”
AND they're open twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week.
get along with,
THE
‘call them our “Bank-by-Mail offices.”
Great invention. We
(The
Federal Government calls them mail boxes,
but that’s all right.) You can do practically
all your banking with us through these handy
little gadgets. We pay the postage in both di-
rections, and you save a lot of time. By the
way, we don’t mind if you use our “Bank-by-
Mail offices” for all your mail. We're easy to
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Friday: 10 A.M. — 7 P.M.
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