by Rev. Charles H. Gilbert From June 1, last year, the United Church of Christ (Cong.) in West Pittston has been without a pastor. Bud Gravell, one of the most dedicated laymen I have known, has carried out his responsibilities to see that the pulpit of his church was supplied every on the watch for possible candidates for the pulpit. The church has been supplied with a variety of ministers of top quality all through the year. It has been my pleasure oc- casionally to fill in when needed. Now a young minister just completing his theological training has been heard, voted on favorably by the congregation and officially called to become the pastor. I have been glad to hear nothing but good about this young man, and when I had a chance to meet him a short time ago I was also pleased with him. His name is Cliffert Herring Jr. from the ministry of the Miner’s-West Pittston Congregational «churches (Plains and West Pittston) on June 15, this year. The two churches he is to serve as pastor chartered a bus to transport members who made reservations for a trip to Tamaqua Sunday afternoon June 11 to attend the Service of Ordination for Mr. Herring. Catherine rode down with the rest and then back home in the evening she told me about the service. She described how beautiful the church was, with laminated wood beams sup- had a set of carillon bells which had been in the old church and is now supported by a frame in which the bells can be played even while waiting for a time when they will be installed in the tower of this church which was built in 1960. At the actual time of or- dination the presiding minister said to the one to be ordained: “In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the authority of the Schuylkill Association of the United Church of Christ, I now declare you ordained to the Christian ministry.” Catherine described the whole service to be dignified, she could witness the whole Sawyer Awarded Lawrence D. Sawyer, Dallas, was awarded a bachelor of administration during com- mencement exercises June 3 at Monmouth College. More than 1,400 students were awarded associate, baccalaur- eate, or master’s degrees by Dr. Richard J. Stonesifer, college president. Commencement speaker was American Colleges and president emeritus of Franklin and Marshall College, who waa awarded an honorary doctoral degree. Honors were also bestowed on Dr. Loren Eiseley, internation- ally-known poet, author and scientist, of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Rey. Edmund G. Ryan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of president of St. Peter’s College. NOW THRU SUNDAY FREE FULL PINTS! Elby’s Country Cousin CHICKEN lovely procedure. And glad I am, too, that this church where I found many friends through the years has now a pastor. May his term of service be long and fruitful. Now to write of some earthly doings. Cathy has been very happy getting her tomato plants set in the garden. They were getting pretty big and ungainly for inside. They were grown from seed and they were ready to take deep breaths of all out- of-doors! The ground was damp and ready. Then Cathy came and began announcing some in- comprehensible lingo about whether she got the intake connection on right, and whether something or other else might need attention--and what was she talking about? Back up and begin over again! Mean- while I happened to look toward the pond. And there my eyes were seeing things! Something green on the pump platform! My gracious, how did you get that pump out from the back cellar and get it mounted and connected without my hearing it happening? Then I went to examine it. Yes, she had the intake tube connected, and ready to be worked on a little further, and the clamp needed to be shoved up over the con- nection and tightened up. Then we connected the current and turned it on. There was a slight sizzle from the pump and all* was quiet. In the cellar I found that a fuse had burned out and saved the life of the pump. Then it was supper time and we had to go in. After supper I went out and unscrewed about eight bolts that held the head on the pump. When I took the plate off I turned the rotor a few times which relieved the sticking which occurs through the winter, put the bolts back in place, then turned on the current again, This time the pump began to work. Now all that was needed was to take that little screw plug out of the top and prime the pump with a few drinks of water, turn on the pump again, and now we were in business supplying water for the garden as soon as needed. Actually, the matter of Catherine’s hauling that ‘pond pump out of the back cellar was not too much of an impossible stunt for a mere girl! As she herself said, “With those skids under it there was no problem to get that pump out and down the bank to the platform.’ Only that I had always considered it a man’s job! I'm glad she didn’t fall in the drink while wangling that intake-pipe into the water and connecting to the pump. Now I had better go and read a little Greek or Italian or maybe some English before going to bed! It has to be only a “little”! Oh, I was going to tell you this that happened last Friday at Valley Crest. One of the men in front office beckoned to me and said: “There was no “Typewriter” column in this week’s Dallas Post today.” Several people, he said, read his copy of the Post and the pink sheet of Jots from Dot. I ought to pay him to be my publicity agent! Trucksville Pastor To Preach Sunday Church service for the Trucksville United Methodist Church June 25 will be at 9:00 a.m. The Rev. John L. Topolewski, pastor, will speak. There will be no church school or meeting of youth groups. « Dallas * Edwardsville OPEN S8A.M, DAILY * East End (W.B.) * Clarks Summit J. P. Cancro and Larry Eguland, instructors at Wilkes- Barre Campus, are co-marshals of the second on-campus graduation exercises to be held June 24 at 2 p.m. mencement. “Is putting up with these ‘college kids’ really worth it?” Residents and civic officials of most college and university country at one time or another have either openly or silently asked this controversial question. Here in the heart of the once- depressed anthracite region of Northeastern Pennsylvania, officials of Wilkes College which was started as Bucknell Junior College during the 1930’s--decided tao respond. And they came up with some answers that tend to show that having a college of fair size in a community provides the region with the equivalent of a major industry. Here’s what they came up with: - Wilkes College students contribute approximately $2,000,000 to the regional economy in an average nine- month academic period, ac- cording to a recent survey conducted at the local college. None of the figures mentioned in this survey include millions more in payments to Wilkes College, money spent by parents on the students’ behalf, part-time - and graduate students, expenditures made by the college or faculty salaries and expenditures. All of the figures were based on a full-time enrollment figure of 2,500 students. The survey consisted of a questionnaire mailed to a systematically selected sample of Wilkes students requesting information concerning their income, ex- penditures and banking practice. The sample was comprised of approximately 12 percent of Serving Complete Dinners Tues.—Sat. 6 P.M. to 10 P.M. Overbrook Rd. Dallas full-time enrollment and was representative of the student body in terms of sex and resident status. An average Wilkes College student spends $85 per month in local business firms during the school year. Projecting this average to an enrollment of 2,500 the total spending power of Wilkes students amounts to $1,912,500. The local credit base is also affected by the college students- -39.9 percent of the students polled have. local checking accounts with an average balance of $110 each, 55.8 percent have local savings accounts with an average balance of $490 each. Expenditures include such items as food, beverages, cigarettes, ($562,500); en- tertainment, ($247,500); transportation, ($382,500); clothing, ($292,500); needs, ($90,000); books, ($67,500); and medical and dental care, ($67,500). Food and clothing ex- penditures total $855,000 for the academic year; this is money spent at local business firms alone. It Pays to Advertise About 110 seniors in the Wilkes-Barre Campus associate degree curriculums of business, nology, highway engineering technology, electrical engineering technology, sur- veying technology, mass comunications- radio broad- casting will be conferred degrees and certificates in architectural drafting will be presented in ceremonies being held out-of-doors near Hayfield House. George W. Bierly, campus director, will preside over the program which begins with the academic procession, each college headed by a student marshal honors. Invocation will be of- fered by the Rev. John S. Prater, Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Dallas, followed by Joseph Purcell, vice-president of Wilkes-Barre Campus ad- visory board. Dr. Robert G. Quinn, dean of academic instruction Commonwealth Campuses of the University, will deliver the charge to the graduates, Ed- ward A. Dreisbach, acting as- sistant director of resident instruction, will present academic awards. John R. Murphy, Wilkes-Barre Campus dean of student affairs, will present the Pocono Common- wealth Region Walker Award, and Leroy A. Sweinberg, pro- fessor of engineering, will give the Tau Alpha Pi awards. Mr. Bierly, campus director, will introduce the alumnus selected by a campus com- mittee for the first annual ‘‘Out- standing Alumnus of the Year’ award which will be presented by Mr. Purcell. Following benediction by the Rev. Patrick D. Healey, Our Lady of Victory Church, Har- veys Lake, the program will end with the traditional recessional “Trumpet Voluntary.” A reception will follow in the ballroom of Hayfield House for graduates and their guests; former graduates will be honored at a reception in the Memorial Room of Hayfield House. Rte. 309 between Tunkhannock and Dallas $32.00 monthly 298-2250 rO® TAPE op ec! BANKAWEE L260 Photo by Jim Kozemchak Jo Berkey, presented with a gift of appreciation by Irene Cheponis, Future Teacher'of America member. Looking on are Charles James, elementary supervisor, left, and Robert Z. Belles, superin- tendent of schools. 88 Years Young Lt. Col. (ret.) Harry H. Carey was honored June 10 on his 88th birthday at a party held at the Harveys Lake residence of Reese Finn, a grandson of Col. Carey. For the special occasion the honored guest’s son, Howard H. Carey, and the latter’s daughter, Debbie, traveled from Panama. Also among the guests was Mrs. Harry D. Latimer of North Ringtown, RI. Due to a tightened deadline schedule, no publicity infor- mation can be accepted later than 4 p.m. Monday unless the event takes place that day or night. CHECKERBOARD ANN... FEATURING Seafood Steaks Homemade Italian Food and Pizza Dinners Served Tues-Sat 5 til 12 diningroom closed monday Peter & Janice Mattioli Carverton Rd. Trucksville featuring our famous SUNDAY DINNERS $2.75 Reservations Accepted Phone 836-2971 New items arriving daily in our Gift Shop {OPEN MONDAY JULY 3RD. Open Tuesday thru Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Closed Monday Faculty and staff of the Leh- man-Jackson Elementary Building gathered on Teachers’ Day June 13 to honor Jo Berkey, Marjorie Davis and Arline Ruth on their retirement from teaching. Mrs. Berkey, kindergarten reacher, is retiring after 10 years of service in the Lake- Lehman School District. The covered dish luncheon also honored Marjorie Davis, a fourth grade teacher at the Noxen Elementary School who is retiring after teaching 26 years in Lake-Lehman. Miss Ruth, also a fourth grade teacher, resigned and will wed in the near future. Representatives of the high school’s Future Teachers of . America Club were on hand to present Mrs. Berkey and Mrs. Davis with gifts of appreciation for their contributions to the teaching profession. & Beverage. Tarter Sauce, Hot Fs $175 Sauce, Choice of A, CALL 836-2151 AAA MEMORIAL HWY DALLAS a 1s. 79° CCl nln go! Ca \ SAUSAGE LB. N KRAFT'S \ MIRACLE Whip ar 49° N KRAFT'S th : ! 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