URS ith 9 ¥ TTT L oS Administrator Edward M. Wildes of Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, recently addressed the hospital's House- keeping Council Meeting. He spoke on the development of the modern hospital, its purpose and its role as the community’s health center where 30 million people are treated annually. The recently-appointed admi- nistrator emphasized the special contribution made by employes. ‘‘In spite of all our fine equipment, hospitals are still. organizations of people,” he said. According to Wildes, more than 3 million people are employed by hospitals nation- ally. Wildes stressed to the Nesbitt Memorial service employes that hospital personnel must be before, and that every job is im- portant. ‘‘Hospital work is exacting but rewarding,”’ he said. “People who work in hos- patient care by doing the job well and by showing personal interest and concern.” The new executive said that Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, the focal point of health care in the surrounding community, has a growing commitment not only to provide the best of medical care for the sick, but to help in the prevention of illness. a native of Mr. Wildes, position at the Kingston hospital in February. Before returning to Wyoming Valley, Wildes was the administrator of Mary Black Memorial. Hospital in Spartanburg, S.C., for three years. Previous to that, he was the assistant administrator of Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick County, Md. After graduating from Wilkes-Barre Township High School, Wildes completed his bachelor’s degree at the Uni- versity of Scranton. He also holds a graduate degree in ad- ministrative medicine from George Washington University. He interned at the Washington, D.C., General Hospital and completed his residency re- quirements at Milwaukee County General Hospital. The new director's wife, Nancy Walsh Wildes, also a Wilkes-Barre native, graduated this month from the University of South Carolina in nursing. The Wildes have three daughters: Ann, Mary Eliza- beth, and Ellen. The delegates—1,000 of them from all over the world—buzzed Their convention was the first they'd had in four years, and while there were no Presiden- tial hopefuls named in smoke- filled rooms, the two weeks “couldn’t have been more excit- vention.” So says Cathy Lashford, a Sutton Road resident who was one of the delegates chosen to attend the General Conference last month in Altanta, Ga. Her selection as a delegate is doubly impressive—she is the first woman delegate ever chosen by the staid Wyoming Conference to attend the Church’s interna- tional policy-making Confer- Attending the Conference was a ‘“‘real thrill,” Mrs. Lashford have a lasting impact on the “The Church is changing in creed adopted at the Confer- ence,”’ Mrs. Lashford confides. “It speaks in the language of today, to the needs of today— and it’s short and to the point!” The social creed is a seven paragraph statement. of social principles affirmed by the Church which makes mention of Church believes in it) and com- mits the Church to ‘‘the rights of vomen, children, youth, and the aging...” The subject of women’s rights, especially, interests Mrs. Lashford. Citing statistics which reveal that while women make up 53 percent of the Church membership, only 13 percent of the General Confer- ence delegates are women, she suggests that such figures rep- resent ‘‘a gross injustice” to “the many capable leaders in the Church who are women. “The Church is beginning to move in this direction—to re- cognize the place of capable women in the Church—and we're finally beginning to see more and more women in policy making positions.” The soft-spokén Mrs. Lash- ford is herself one of these cap- able persons: She is president of the Women’s Society of Chris- tian Service of Wyoming Con- ference, and area which in- cludes the districts of Wilkes- Barre, Scranton, Binghamton, N.Y. and Oneonta, N.Y. It’s probably safe to conclude that there will be major changes in the Church’s official attitude toward women by the time the next General Confer- ence convenes in Seattle, Wash. In Atlanta, a Commission on the Status of Women in the United Methodist Church was ap- pointed and will report to the next Conference in 1976—and: some dramatic results are ex- pected. The WSCS, which has a mem- bership totaling 1,700,000 women, is also changing. As of Jan. 1, 1973, the WSCS and the Chureh’s Wesleyan Service Guild will disband their respec- tive organizations and unite to form a new group, called simply United Methodist Women. “The full impact of this change wasn’t really felt at At- lanta,” believes Mrs. Lashford, “but it most surely will be felt by all of our WSCS members.” Perhaps no stand exemplifies the changes which are occur- ring in the United Methodist Church as well as the Confer- ence’s carefully worded state- ment on homosexuality. Skep- tics felt certain that the Confer- ence would sweep the question of homosexuality under the rug—and were confounded when the delegates voted to approve a statement which is as enlightened as it is compassion- ate. Says the new doctrine: “Homosexuals no less than heterosexuals are persons of sacred worth, who need the mi- nistry and guidance of the Church in their struggles for human fulfillment as well as the spiritual and emotional care of a fellowship which enables re- conciling relationships with God, with others and with them- selves. Further, we insist that homosexuals are entitled to have their human and civil rights insured.” Her eyes sparkling, Mrs. Lashford concludes: ‘How very exciting all of these changes are!” RBar Photo by Alex Rebar Shavertown. Church, Photo by Faye Broody . Albert Sukowaski, Georgia Sprow, Susan Photo by Jim Kozemchak Under the direction of their art instructor, Jane Cornell, students of the elementary schools of Dallas School District will hold an art fair June 3 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Shavertown sarin: : bh iat jl naddiny Her court included Pam Elementary School. Students from grades one through four will present work in a wide variety of media. On display will be acrylic paint- ings, scratchboard work, tissue Forty-nine youngsters from St. Therese’s Church received their First Holy Communion May 13 while a proud congregation of parents, friends and well-wishers looked on. Children who received Communion were Lori Farber, Pauline Stolarick, Lisa Appel, Debra Watkins, Suzanne Gomba, Kirsten Marquart, Jane Meadowcroft, Teresa Kasenchak, Elaine Cigarski, Ann Shaver, Linda Holtzman, Susanne Niedermeyer; Tricia Siegal, Eileen Cigarski, Penny Leroy, Collen Morgan, Linda Konek, Colette Feeney, Toni Bernardi, Kim Reese, Lisa Cebrick, Anita Reese, Lisa Cebrick, Anita Lazusky, William Rudick, Leonard Falcone, Jeffrey Barbose; Joseph Senchak, Christopher Evans, Jeffrey Stachnick, Christopher Hons, Lewis Baines, Michael Cuba, Jeffrey Sebolka, Mark Pugh, Robert Lauer, Joseph Zikor, William Zukosky, Donald Benza, Robert Hoffman, Joel Novitski, Mark Kravits, Vicent Harris, Francis Cacciapuoti, Paul Newhart, Kenneth Coombs, Brian Yan- chik, Fred Mihal, Joseph Gomba, Robert Senchak, John Hudak. The Rev. Joseph Sammons officiated. * Strohl. Sr., Inter.); catsup and (Interm. and elem.); doughnut, milk. vegetable, fruit, glazed paper overlays, block prints, 3- D constructions, many seasonal art projects, ete. The public is invited to attend the exhibit. 4-H Teens To Hear Talk about Careers Elaine Deluca, special education teacher at Retreat State Hospital, will be the main speaker at the Northern Area 4- H Teen Council Meeting. The 4- H group is presently enrolled in the “My Future Is What I Make It” project and will be hearing from area teachers, nurses, salesmen and other profession- als. Teen leaders involved are from the Cloverleaf, Riding Ho, and Suscon 4-H Clubs. The council will meet June 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wilkes-Barre Campus of Penn State Univer- sity in Lehman. Admission is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. More informa- tion is available from the County 4-H Office in the Court- house Annex, Wilkes-Barre. Showroom Hours Telephone 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 654-9508 933 Wyoming Ave., W. 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