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Know
Your
Neighbor
Rene Makar
by Bridgette Correale
Have you ever met a person
who you sincerely liked at first
sight? Well I did, and I would
like you to meet her through this
article.
Charming, lovely and
talented with a capital ‘T’ des-
cribes Mrs. Vincent Makar of
New Goss Manor. Rene, whose
maiden name is Hesstek, was
born and raised. in Wilkes-
Barre. Her husband, Vincent, is
a sales representative for
Higgins Slacks and whenever
possible, Rene travels with him.
Their favorite trip is‘ to
Cooperstown, N.Y. where their
daughter, Sharlene Hill, her
husband, Eric, and their chil-
dren, Arden 2 and Jason 7
months, reside.
For approximately two hours,
this reporter was entranced by
the many beautiful works Rene
has created. Her versatile abili-
ties extend, but are not limited,
to doing oil painting, pressing
live flowers framed in glass
which give the appearance of a
painting, ceramics, stained
glass candle holders, clay
figurines, embroidery, crewell,
Jewelry, sewing, wood carving
and many other fine objects-de-
art.
Noxen MYF
The Youth Fellowship of
United Methodist Church,
Noxen, met Nov. 7 with a
number of items on the agenda.
A Love-In, to be held Nov. 21 at
the church, will have as guests
the young people of the Plains
United Methodist Church; St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church,
Shavertown; and the Lutheran
Church of Noxen.
The MYF was given per-
mission to set up a booth for
themselves at the recent WSCS
turkey supper, which was held
Jn the church basement. The
money taken in at the booth will
be added to other funds, which
the youth group has slated for
trips to Skylake and other spots.
Tickets have beenordered for
the MYF to see a“professional
basketball game ‘in King’s
College gym.
When asked how she became
aware of her talents, Renée ex-
plained that several years ago
she asked her friend who was
getting married, what she
would like as a wedding pre-
sent. Her friend replied, ‘An oil
painting.” Rene started to shop
for this gift, but soon learned
that costs were prohibitive. She
decided to try her hand at
painting it herself. The enjoy-
ment Rene experienced while
working, coupled with the satis-
faction upon completion of her
first endeavor in this area, gave
her the courage and confidence
to explore many other fields of
craft.
She is an individual whose
hands bring to reality what her
imagination creates. When
Rene sees a twig she envisions a
centerpiece of flowers and
rocks and proceeds to make it
come true. He imaginative eyes
and creative hands turn ordin-
ary paper into attractive
stationery; burlap into a sturdy
embroidered pocketbook which
any woman would be
proud to own.
Aside from her varied talents,
Rene has found time to be a Girl
Scout leader, neighborhood dir-
ector of Girl Scouts, participant
in Gate of Heaven's Altar and
Rosary Society, and other
worthwhile organizations.
Her exhuberant outlook on
life leads her to profess the
philosophy that ‘life is like a
bank - no deposits - no divi-
dends.”
Friends of Mrs. Makar are
the recipients of much of her
work because Rene’s enjoy-
ment is derived from sharing
the products of her labors with
them.
Of all her many accomplish-
ments, her most prized posses-
sions a pair of drawings by her
daughter Sharlene at the age of
Six.
I cannot properly convey the
gratifying feeling I experienced
from my interview with Rene,
but Twish all our readers could
“hav ht “‘gaodfortune, te: meet
and know this warmhearted
person.
Photo by Alex Rebar
THE DALLAS POST, NOV.
Rene Makar is photographed here surrounded by a pastel chalk
picture, an array of beaded flowers and a pair of ceramic love
birds that were created by her.
History Professor Aids
Production of Film Series
The U.S. State Department
has announced the release of
the first film in a three-part
education film series which was
created with the historical con-
sultation of a College Miseri-
cordia professor of history.
The series is based upon the
history of United States foreign
relations and was developed in
cooperation with Dr. Ronald
Landa, assistant professor of
history at College Misericordia.
Dr. Landa served as historical
consultant for the film series
when he was employed by the
State Department from 1968 to
1970.
The first film of the series to
be released is ‘An Age of
Revolutions.” The second film,
“Youth to, Maturity’! is
scheduled to be released in Dec-:
ember with the final film in the’
series,
Power.”
“The Reluctant World
scheduled for release
in February, 1972.
Prints of the films may be
borrowed from the Department
of State film library for the cost
of the return postage or may be
purchased from the National
Audio-Visual Center in Wash.,
D.C.
Currently, Dr. Landa is the
director of a historical film
series being shown at College
Misericordia. ‘The next film
presentation in the series will be
“The Heritage of Slavery,” to
be shown'in Kennedy Lounge on
campus at 7:30, Dec. 6. The pre-
sentation will be open to the
public at no charge.
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Thanksgiving Issue
Will Publish Early
by Millie Hogol
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All Boy Scouts of the Back
Mountoin area have a special
invitation to see a presentation
of slides taken at the In-
ternational Scout Jamboree in
Japan last August. William
Eckert, Jr. and his son, William
Eckert III, an Eagle Scout of
Valparaiso, Ind., captured such
vivid pictures of the activities at
the Jamboree that they are
happy to share this experience
with anyone who is interested.
The Eckerts will show their
slides in the Fellowship Hall of
the Huntsville Christian Church
7 p.m. Nov. 26. Mr. and Mrs.
Eckert and their family will be
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Parsons of Kunkle,
and of his parents; Mr. and Mrs.
William Eckert Sr. of
Shavertown for the
Thnaksgiving weekend
~ A hearty welcome is in order
for the two new families that
have moved into our com-
munity this week. Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Butler Jr., better known
as Tony and Lindsey,
moved into the former Donn
Innes home on Huntsville Road.
Their children are Susan, age 3
and Jennifer, age five months
Mr. Butler is a vice president of
Mahaffey Oil Co. Tony's
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who moved into a new
home in Fieldcrest. Dale and
Mary Ellen have two daughters,
Heather, age 6, who is a first
grade student at L.ake-Lehman,
and Honor, age 5, kin-
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Thank the voters of Luzerne County
for their interest and support in the
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The Fellowship of the Hund
sville Christian Church will
hold a covered dish
supper Nov. 18 at 6:30 at the
church. Ella Schmoll, Mrs:
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Thomas Templin and Mrs. Paul’
Duncan are the committee in’
charge of arrangements.
Peggy Yascur of Huntsville
Road is a patient at the Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital. Her friends
wish her a perfect recovery.
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