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A Greenstreet News Co. Publication
Photo by Alex Rebar
A festive assortment of mashed potato fudge made from a
family recipe is displayed by Marion Kunigonis, a resident of
RD 2, Dallas. A cheese cake and pastry cups are also pictured.
Homemade Goodies Are
Gifts from M. Kunigonis
It’s no wonder that Marion
Lockus Kunigonis’ Christmas
gift list gets longer each year—
not when you consider that the
lucky people who are on that list
receive delectable homemade
goodgs straight from the kit-
chen of her home on Reservoir
Road, Dallas.
“Every year my husband
Chet gust about has a fit,”
Marion impishly admits, her
bright eyes sparkling with good
humor. ‘‘He simply can’t under-
‘stand why I go to all that trouble
baking and cooking and knock-
ing myself out in the kitchen—
Friendship Class
To Meet Dec.14
The Friendship Class of the
Trucksville United Methodist
Church will meet Dec. 14 at 8
p.m. at the Educational
Building. Christmas gifts
velo: $1 will be exchanged.
Reffeshments and program
chairmen are Catherine
Sherman, Emma Anderson,
Jun@yBennett, Mildred Baker,
Ruth Reynolds and Georgina
Weidner.
Advent Service
At Trucksville
The December 12 worship
services (9:30 and 10:45) in the
Trucksville United Methodist
Church will feature ‘‘His
Coming,” an Advent presen-
tation in words and music under
a direction of Ruth Turn
R&%0lds, minister of music.
The pastor, Dr. Laurence T.
Beers, will offer a brief
meditation.
Church School, with classes
fo®all ages, will meet at 10:45
a.m.
The Methodist Youth
Fellowship groups will attend
the district youth service at 7
p.m. in the Forty Fort United
Methodist Church.
Photo by Paramount Studio
but I figure there are a lot of
people who don’t have time any-
more to bake who’d like home-
made cookies and things better
than anything else.”
If the homemade ‘‘cookiés
and things” are Marion Kunig-
onis’, there’s no doubt but that
they would and do. Each Christ-
mas Eve she piles the festively
wrapped packages of goodies
into her car and, with her hus-
band, makes the rounds of all
her friends’ homes. She laugh-
ingly concedes that she’s as
welcome as the flowers in
May—or as any other of Santa’s
helpers would be!
A talented woman with a
warm personality and keen
sense of humor, Marion has a
wide range ‘of interests which
include much that is outside of
her pleasant kitchen. An ardent
gardener, her vegetables and
flowers have taken top honors
at the West Side Flower and
Garden Club’s contests. Not
surprisingly when one considers
her green thumb, Marion's
favorite time of year is late
summer—when her vegetable,
garden and flowering plants are
at their height.
For a number of years,
Marion owned and operated a
beauty shop in Pringle. For
. many years, too, this active wo-
man worked as a waitress in
various restaurants and cock-
tail lounges throughout the
Senior Citizens
To Hold Dinner
New and old members of the
Back Mountain Senior Citizens
Club are welcome to the
Christmas dinner at American
Legion, Wilkes-Barre, Dec. 16
at 6:30 p.m. Reservations must
be in before Dec. 14 to Mrs.
Matthew Gray, at 696-2166.
There will be no meeting
December.
Florence Sherwood will
provide a program at the din-
ner.
Valley. Painful back injuries
sustained in an automobile ac-
cident a few years ago have
forced her to curtail her ac-
tivities considerably, but she
still takes an active interest in
projects sponsored by the Inter-
national Ladies Garment
Workers’ Union, an organiza-
tion which she served as a
member of its executive board.
It is through the ILGWU that
Marion participates in what she
believes is one of the most
heartwarming of all activities.
Each Christmas, she and other
union members present a
Christmas show at Retreat
State Hospital, the Veterans
Administration Hospital, Valley
Crest and Hampton House—a
show which brings tears of joy
to the eyes of elderly and infirm
patients who delight in knowing
that they have not been forgot-
ten. :
If her Christmas gift list
keeps getting longer and longer,
it can only be because Marion
Kunigonis’ unique gifts of
homemade foods contain not
only the appropriate variety of
“sugar and spice and every-
thing nice,” but contain also
that far more essential ingre-
dient, love.
Turkey Dinner for
Legion Auxiliary
Daddow-Isaacs American
Legion Auxiliary Unit 672 met
recently with Barbara Laning
presiding.
Plans were made for the
Christmas party to be held at
the Legion Home, Memorial
Highway, Dallas, Dec. 16, 6:30
p.m. Mildred Fowler and Irene
Kanasky are co-chairmen of the
affair. Gifts will be exchanged
and a turkey dinner will be
served.
Following the business
meeting, refreshments were
served by Helen Garbutt, Jan
Machell, Betty Mulhern, and
Marian Harvey.
THE DALLAS POST, DEC. 9, 1971
Madrigal Costumes are
Handsewn for Dinner
The second annual Christmas
Madrigal Dinner celebration
will begin at College Miseri-
cordia at 6:30 this evening for
the first of three evening per-
formances scheduled for
tonight, Friday, and Saturday.
For the second year in a row,
according to madrigal coordin-
ator, Sister Mary McGarigle,
RSM, the affair is a complete
success with all seats reserved
for each performance.
An interesting sidelight to this
year’s madrigal is that all 36 of
the medieval costumes used by
the singers, trumpeters, hos-
tesses, and pro musica antiqua
musicians have been hand-
made. The costumes for musi-
cians and singers were made by
the college’s home economics
department under the direction
of Sister Marion Joseph, RSM,
department chairman. The
costumes for the host and
hostesses were designed and
made by the participating in-
dividuals and by Mrs. Richard
Dower of Dallas.
Working from drawings from
fifteenth and sixteenth cen-
turies and adding their own in-
ventiveness, the students and
Mrs. Dower have created
costumes reminiscent of
Camelot and the days of lords
and ladies.
Immediately following the
1971 madrigal, according to
Sister Carmel, preparations for
the next year’s will get under-
way. The college hopes to make
the madrigal an annual holiday
event and an area tradition.
Antiquing
with Joel Sater
Brooches made from stick pins. The one on the left has the pins
mounted on an 18K gold bar pin, and contains pearls, diamonds,
a garnet body on the bug, a fresh water baroque pearl, and a
love knot of Oriental seed pearls and genuine turquois. The
round faceted stone in the front is a topaz. The pin on the right is
made from a half of a gold thimble. In the top of it are ground
emeralds to give the appearance of grass. Both of these pins are
made from 14K stick pins and genuine stones. ~
Notes From Janet Post ...
"On Antique Jewelry"
Janet Post, a dynamic woman
from Dallas, Pa., like most an-
tiquers, became so swept away
by her collecting habits that
within a few years she found she
had accumulated the. nucleous
of a business enterprise.
Her interest was ‘Antique
Jewelry.”
‘Since I live in an area that
will not support an expensive
antique jewelery business I
began to take booths at occas-
ional antique shows. Now, after
being in business only two years
I set up at two to four antique
shows a month ranging all the
way from Massachusetts to
Maryland and Virginia,” she
told me.
To those readers who are
starting to collect old jewelry,
here are some pointers adapted
freely from a recent article
written by Mrs. Post:
“Recognizing reproduction is
more difficult with jewelry,
than with other types of an-
tiques.”
~ “A piece of jewelry marked
10K 14K or 18K etc. are not
‘necessarily solid gold as one
would expect. Many 19th cgn-
tury makers of rings and watch
cases in particular were in-
dicating the quality of the gold
filler or plating.”
Hostesses at the Thanksgiving semi-formal dance held in honor
of the Dallas Senior High School senior class were, left to right:
Julie Scott, Jane Hannigan, Pat Williams, Patti Parrish, Kathy
Futch, Paula Selingo, Patti Lewis, Holly Phillips, MaryAnn
DeMarco, Joan Havir, Barbara Long, and Kathy Nolan.
“Almost any knowledgable
dealer can make certain
whether a piece of metal is solid
gold or not can do so by testing
with acid.”
‘All green stones are not
emeralds-and all red'stones are
not rubies.” fier 31) om
“Old and antique jewelry can
be classified as good, bad or in-
different. The products do not
come from factories in current
production, if they’re truly old.
There is no set price attached.
The price must depend upon the
integrity of the seller and the
buyers faith in that integrity
and the latter’s willingness to
pay the price asked.”
“But, though collecting
aniique jewelry has it’s special
problems, most women and
many men find it an exciting
field. I wonder with the pur-
chase of every old piece’ of
jewelry who wore it. And was it
a gift of love? Or a peace of-
fering?”
If you would like to know
more about the ‘subject you
should get a copy of Collecting
Antique Jewelry by Mona
Curran. Emerson Books, Inc.
Dept. 396-T, 251 W. 19, NYC
10011. $4.95. It’ll give you many
tips to help you tell real antique
jewelry from real junk. Even
the ‘junk’ can be fun just as
long as you know what it is when
you buy it. (7128)
A Thanksgiving semi-formal
dance in honor-of the senior
class of Dallas Senior High
School was given by 12 senior
girls at the Irem Temple
Country Club, Nov. 28. Music
was provided by Eddie Day and
TNT.
Hostesses were Julie Scott,
Jane Hannigan, Pat Williams,
Patti Parrish, Kathy Futch,
Paula Selingo, Patti Lewis,
Holly Phillips, MaryAnn
DeMarco, Joan Havir, Barbara
Long, and Kathy Nolan.
Miss Scott, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Scott, RD 1,
Dallas, was escorted by Drew
Bittenbender. She wore a cran-
berry velvet gown with an
empire waist and long sleeves.
The bodice and neckline were
trimmed with white lace.
Miss Hannigan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Hannigan,
Country Club Road, Dallas, was
attired in a fuchsia pink gown
with a ruffled hemline and
puffed sleeves, featuring a pink
and white embroidered bodice.
Her escort was Robert Consi-
Students from College
celebration. All
Misericordia’s
costumes used
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economics
department put the finishing touches on costumes scheduled for
use in the college’s second annual Christmas Madrigal Dinner
home
in the medieval holiday
celebration are hand-made. Left to right: Pat McMann, Kathy
.Bulman, Pat Carol, and Charlene Colon.
Newberry-Dymond Nuptials
Event in Apostolic Church
Stasia S. Newberry, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Newberry, 160 E. Center St.,
Shavertown, became the bride
of Robert S. Dymond, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin O. Dymond,
recently, in Apostolic Church,
West Pittston.
The Rev. Charles Webb of-
ficiated at the double ring
ceremony.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a formal
length gown of white linen with
coat and train of lace. Her
shoulder length veil was
trimmed with lace and fell from
a floral petaled crown trimmed
with pearls and borealis
teardrops. .She carried a
nosegay of white carnations
with white streamers.
Elnora Jean Newberry, sister
of the bride, was maid of honor.
She wore a formal length gown
of pink lace over white linen.
Her headpiece was a pink floral
petal crown trimmed with
pearls and borealis teardrops.
She carried a nosegay of pink
carnations with pink trim and
pink streamers. Paul Dymond
was best man for his brother.
Ushers were John Garringer,
Shavertown, cousin of the bride.
and Ernest Brigham, West
Pittston. -
Mother of the bride selected a
beige suit trimmed with floral
print and beige accessories. She
wore a corsage of white car-
nations. The bridegroom’s
mother wore a beige suit with
matching accessories and a
corsage of white carnations.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dymond,
Shavertown, grandparents of
the groom, attended the wed-’
ding.
A reception followed in the
church parlors.
The bride graduated from
Service Club Honors
Lake-Lehman Seniors
Harveys Lake Women’s
Service Club honored four
“Girls of the Month” at the
Christmas party held at Lake
Elementary School. Mrs.
Howard Jones, literature and
education chairman, introduced
Gail Cornell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Cornell of
Hunlock Creek; Jane Niezgoda,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
ward Niezgoda, Dallas; Cathy
Tranell, daughter of Mrs.
Stephen Tranell, Lake Silk-
worth; and Cynthia Osborne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Theron W. Osborne Jr., Dallas.
All four girls are members of
the National Honor Society, are
seniors at Lake-Lehman High
School, and are active in church
and community affairs. Their
school activities include school
clubs, athletics and music.
Their future plans are to attend
college.
Mrs. Theodore Heness opened
the meeting with a reading of
dine.
Miss Williams, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Williams,
New Goss Manor, Dallas, chose
a floor-length A-line black skirt
with red, blue, and gold em-
broidered border trim. With this
she wore a white top that
featured a ruffled neckline and
smocked sleeves. Her escort
was Steve Summa.
Miss Parrish, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Parrish, RD 3,
Carverton, was escorted by
Clark Switzer. She chose a
formal cranberry velvet gown
with long sleeves, featuring a
mandrin collar and white satin
trim.
Miss Futch, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James P. Futch, RD 3,
Carverton, chose a lavender
fitted crepe gown with long
sleeves, cutaway front skirt and
a dust pink suede embroidered
cumberbund. Her escort was
John Kashenbach.
Miss Selingo, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Selingo, Over-
brook Road, Dallas, was es-
corted by Robert Kleiner. She
the meaning of Christmas.
Mrs. Carl T. Swanson pre-
sided.
Mrs. James Ward and Mrs.
Howard Grey are co-chairmen
of the Christmas cheer baskets.
They will be packed Dec. 11 at
the Ruggles Church. All
members were asked to bake
cookies and help pack and
deliver.
A Christmas program was
presented by Girl Scout Troop
638 under the direction of Mrs.
Walter Davidson, assisted by
Mrs. Arnold Garinger and Mrs.
Truman Nagle. Group singing
of Christmas carols was led by
Mrs. Allen Sorchik. The com-
mittee included Mrs. Charles
Austin, Mrs. C. Wesley Boyle,
Mrs. Carl Swanson, Mrs. Taft
Truska, Mrs. Kenneth Austin,
Mrs. Calvin McHose, Mrs.
Nicholas deLeur, Mrs. Truman
Nagle, Mrs. Burton King, Mrs.
Forrest Sorber and Pauline
Davis.
wore a formal silk knit gown
fashioned with a black empire
bodice, circled with a multi-
colored embroidered band. The
white skirt featured a wide
black ruffle with matching
trim.
Miss Lewis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Lewis, 96
Summit St., Shavertown, wore a
formal gown fashioned with a
chimney lace bodice and rouge
velvet skirt. A pink satin sash
encircled the waist. Her escort
was Richard Miskiel.
Miss Phillips, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Phillips, 176
Laurel Lane, Trucksville, was
escorted by Thomas Rende. She
chose a cream colored satin
brocade gown in a contempor-
ary Victorian design with a high
collar, fitted waist and long
sleeves. Self-covered buttons
trimmed both bodice and
sleeves.
Miss DeMarco, daughter of
Claire DeMarco, Sutton Road,
Trucksvillet ¥ and Adrian
DeMarco, Scranton, selected a
pink crushed velvet evening
Dallas Senior High School and is
employed by Percy A. Brown &
Company.
The bridegroom graduated
from West Side Area Vocational
Technical School, and is
presently serving with the U.S.
Air Force. He left last week to
serve a two-year tour of duty in
Japan. He will be joined in the
near future by his wife.
Program Results
Held Successful
The Altar and Rosary Society
of St. Therese’s Church
Shavertown, held its monthly
meeting Dec. 1 in the church
auditorium. Mrs. Chester
Molley presided.
Mrs. Thomas Carr reported
on the birthday tea and the
‘rummage sale which were held |
in November and were quite
successful.
Final plans were made for the
Christmas party to be held Dec.
9 at the Continental Inn,
Luzerne-Dallas Highway. Mrs.
Robert Yarashus is chairman.
Mrs. John T. Luke will be toast-
master and installation of of-
ficers will be held.
The Rev. Joseph Sammons,
moderator for the Scoiety, pre-
sented the program on the birth
and infancy of Christ with
music and narration by the
Copenhagan Symphony Orches-
fra.
Refreshments were served by
Band No. six with Mrs. Robert
Yarashus and Mrs. John Dillon
in charge.
The next meeting will be held
Jan. 5. Hostesses are Mrs.
Frank Parker and Mrs. Fred
Bonfig of Band No. seven.
The program will be pre-
sented by Mrs. Chester Molley
who will demonstrate the
making of tissue paper flowers.
Members are also asked to
bring in Christmas decorations
they have made to show and
explain how they were made.
Dallas Seniors are Hostesses
At Thanksgiving Semi-Formal
skirt, with a Quinet waistband
and ruffle at the hemline. With
this she wore a white blouse
with tucked sleeves. Her escort
was Robert Saffian.
Miss Havir, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Havir, Stone-
hedge, Dallas, wore a formal
gown with multi-colored top
featuring long chiffon sleeves.
The skirt had alternating bands
of color. Her escort was James
Meehan.
Miss Long, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Long, 62
Hickory St., Trucksville, was
escorted by William McHale.
She wore a forest green velvet
gown with full-length sleeves, a
high waist and a gathered skirt.
The gown featured white and
gold metallic trim with a green
velvet ribbon.
Miss Nolan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Nolan, 171
Limewood Road, Midway
Manor, was attired in a formal
gown of turquois chiffon with
long sleeves accented by white
lace. Her escort was Thomas
Reese. :