Opportunities for individual instruction will be provided at the new Mercy Center adjacent to the College Misericordia campus, according to Sr. Maria®a Gildea, RSM, Assist- ant’ Provincial Administrator. Sr. Marianna said that a staff of experienced teachers will offer tutorial services for pupils in the area who wish to study during the summer. The tutoring program is one Center. It will include private classes in elementary and secondary school subjects, as well as in music and remedial reading. Registration will be taken the week of June 19 by Sr. Helen Therese Figura, RSM, at Mercy Center (675-1183). another program opening the activities at the Mercy Center. Conducted last year, it has been expanded in time and content to meet the requests of partici- pants. The recreational, appre- ciational and vocational exper- iences include courses in paint- ing, ceramics, knitting, sewing, slimnastics and music. Regis- tration will be taken at Mercy Center by Sr. Marie Turnbach, RSM, co-ordinator. Mercy Center was formerly used for housing young women in formation as Sisters of Mercy, then as a college dormi- tory. The provincial buildings will now be utilized for civic and religious activities, such as the tutoring program, the adult workshop, senior citizens’ gatherings, and retreats. Renovation is almost complete on one wing which will be in- habited soon as Mercy Convent. Qver-all management of Mercy Center is in the hands of a five-person board of directors appointed by Sr. M. Silverius tor of the Sisters of Mercy of Scranton Province. Sr. Marie Turnbach, RSM, is co-or- dinator. by Rev. Charles H. Gilbert Some days seem to have more un-ways then go-ways! Is that clear? Things didn’t “go” the way I wanted them to. They were machine problems, not people-problems. People have been known to be tempera- mental, fussy, do-wanna kind of moods. First, it was our putti- putter that wouldn’t start. That was yestexday. I took the en- gine, why can be the very heart of the matter, down town to the repair man and left it. Today is his day off. So I trust that engine lying on" his shop floor will think over its mis- deeds aNd resolve to do better by the time the man gets through with it. Today it was our best, most dependable lawn mower, the rotary which al- ways acts as if it were just lov- ing to go. It did a big job of mowing for Cathy—but not quite enough. So she gave it a prediagnostic testing which was almost as rugged an ordeal as an operation would have been. But it was that machine’s no-no day, too. The man’s day off, and that man has to have that day off every Wednesday to keep him out of the ICU. I'm not blaming him! He had better mind the rules! One day some time ago I had a time with my addressing machine. I got some advice on it and doctored it and today I tried it out. It went fine. No more shoving Niidress plates further than they should go. Went through more than one tray without a thing the matter. Every slide slid just right. But today was an un-day for the rest of the machine operators around here. Why should ray; way be bettersthan another 78% had enough trouble with the addressing machine to last my good humor out! Last Sunday was a good sort of day. No machine work to go bad or contrary. Even the cars worked all right! And our church organ did all right for the organist and singers. But what we were specially in- terested in was a visitation trip’ some of us were making to Valley Crest on that afternoon. Two junior high Sunday school classes were planning to visit this county home under the leadership of Dick King, teacher of the boys, and Mad Lewis, teacher of the girls. i Jas specially interested in the fact that one of our lovely patients at Valley Crest, Hazel Lohman, had known our Mae Lewis back in their high school days and thought the world of her. I told Mae about her and Mae right away began renewing Lipp Completes Call at Corfu Navy Seaman Apprentice Francis J. Lipp of 18 Vine St., Dallas, has completed a port call at Corfu, Greece, aboard the destroyer escort USS Lester, a unit of the Sixth Fleet homeported at Naples. acquaintance by sending greet- ing cards, notes and some gifts. And Hazel Lohman was de- lighted beyond measure. Since that time Hazel has kept me in- formed of every card or note she gets from her friend Mae Lewis. So we loaded up in Dick’s car with some, and Jane Lloyd with the others. I had planned to have Catherine drive our car too, but it was not necessary. So Catherine and I rode with the others: I wanted to witness per- sonally the meeting of these two long-time friends, as well as to have our folks not only see the facilities of our county home but also to see some special folks among the residents who could enjoy these visitors we were bringing to them. It was a beautiful day to travel and some of the patients were out in their chairs on the grassy areas. Our folks were in- terested in seeing through the windows the occupational therapy room where all kinds of pretty things are made and were displayed. Also they could see the physical therapy de- partment where some patients get walking exercises, and weight lifting and other exer- cises especially intended to strengthen and limber up muscles that would otherwise grow stiff and useless. The visitors got a chance to glimpse the beautiful and well-equipped kitchen. And then I happened to see a lady lying on her bed resting in one of the four-bed rooms. She looked like'someone I knew, and sure enough it was Hazel Loh- man and I sent word down the line for Mae Lewis to come. When she did it was a heart- warming sight indeed to see these two ‘high school girls” have this special reunion after so many years. How they did talk fast and happily! Two days later when I went on my regular visit to the home I took occasion to ask Hazel Loh- man how it seemed to see Mae again. Hazel had this comment: “0 it was wonderful. Mae is the same sweet Mae I used to know!” “Yes”, I said, ‘And she is the same as I have known her all the years I was her pastor over 30 years ago and as a neighbor and friend ever sin- ce! Another nice lady at Valley Crest has had correspondence with Mae’s sister, Emma Miles, and so I knew Hattie Pearn would be glad to meet Emma’s sister, for they had been writing back and forth for some time. And we wanted Mae to meet a long time friend of Nora Dy- mond and Fannie Berlew, Kath- ryn Ford, who knew each other back in teaching days. Mrs. Ford told me afterward that she was delighted to meet this friend of her friends. I am al- ways taking people to meet- Kathryn Ford, for she is one whose personality gets you somehow. She is a morale- builder for this chaplain! 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