Page 10 Georginea Weidner, a teacher in the Dallas School District, submitted her resignation for approval at the regular monthly meeting of the Dallas School District Board of Directors last week. Miss Weidner has been a teacher for 42 years. The board accepted with regrets. She is now teaching in the West- moreland Building, Trucksville. Eleven students from College Misericordia will do their practice teaching at Dallas Jan. 22 through March 16, 1973. They will be assigned to the junior and senior high school - buildings. Eric Martin, senior high school student, has been chosen to participate in the All-Eastern Division High School Chorus Competition which will be held in Boston, Mass., Jan. 19 to 22. This is quite an honor for Eric and he will be accompanied by choral director Florence Sherwood. Beverly Eyet was approved as majorette coach and Becky Shuster as cheerleading coach at a salary of $110. These are considered as extra-curricular activities in the junior high school, Dallas Rotary Club will be permitted to use the senior high cafeteria for its annual turkey dinner Feb. 24 and the Dallas Junior Woman's Club will use the same facilities Feb. 15 for a spaghetti supper. West Side In-Service meeting will be held at Dallas junior and senior high school buildings March 30, 1973. A partial payment of $6,450 was paid to Allan, Rodda Associates Architects for their contracted services rendered for the relocatable classroom building; $111,356.00 was also gai to the firm as payment no. two for Panelfab Corp., who will construct the building. Bids for musical instruments, cafeteria equipment and by Charlot Denmon phone 675-0419 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Postorive, Fort Lauderdale, former Shavertown residents, ‘recently entertained several local residents at a dinner party at Creightons, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ; Andy Roan, Shavertown, local beer distributor, was recently elected as president of the Luzerne County Fire ‘Association. Mr. Roan will be installed at the January meeting of the association. Shavertown Branch of Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Auxiliary met recently in the social rooms - of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Mrs. William A. Austin presiding. Mrs. Vincent McGuire, ways and means chairman, reported on the “Holiday Fair” and expressed appreciation to those who helped in making it a success. - Members decided to purchase three units each consisting of an electric bed, desk, chair and over bed table for rooms at the hospital. A Christmas party was held following the business meeting. Gifts were exchanged and members joined in singing carols. The next meeting will be held Jan. 5 with Mrs. Malcolm Borthwick presenting slides of her recent trip to Russia. Kingston Township Tax- payers Association will meet Dec. 22 in the Kingston Township Municipal Building. Officers for 1973 will be nominated and elected. A directors’ meeting will be held prior to the open meeting at 7:30 p.m. Shavertown Fire Company 1973: President, Larry Hourigan; vice president, Joe Balavage; treasurer, Larry Dymond Jr.; secretary, Joe Brennan; sergeant-at-arms, Joe Youngblood; trustees, Oscar Dymond and Arnold Yeust. Line officers elected were fire chief, Andrew F. Roan; assistant chiefs, Joe Youngblood, Walter Davis Sr., and Ted Newcomb; captain, Tom Dorosky, and lieutenant, Arnold Yeust. Officers will be installed at an installation dinner Jan. 9 at the Castle Inn, Dallas. Kingston Township am- bulance crew listed for this captain; Dick Montgomery, Wayne Long, Andy Roan Jr., Harold Heidel, Harry Smith, and Bill Krescher. Diane Morgan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Morgan, is a member of the Lycoming College Concert Choir. Diane, a graduate of Dallas Senior High School is a sophomore at the liberal arts college. The choir sings at various functions on the campus and also makes public appearances throughout central Pennsylvania. They go on an extended concert tour of from 10 days to two weeks during the winter. Nellie Martin of Abington is spending a month’s vacation with Mrs. Clarence Myers, Overbrook Avenue. Not long ago FISH sent out an emergency call for desperately needed volunteers. Happy to report some response, the community organization, however, still finds itself in need “of new volunteers, especially in the area of transportation. Transportation duties usually call for providing car service for local shopping errands or at the most, car service to elderly persons for medical treatment no further than the General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre. These services would be an opportunity for retired or semi- retired people who drive and have more spare time on their hands than they wish. High school and college students may even lend a hand on weekends. FISH offers a variety of services in which a person can easily partake. The telephone service of a 12-hour period once a month, either from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. or from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m, does not require that a person leave the house. It would be ideal for someone confined at home. FISH is an emergency aid plan sponsored by the Back There is a backlog of mail in some of the local post offices. Don’t take a chance on your news being left out of the paper. Send it in early or drop it off at the office. Mountain Clergymen’s Associ- ation to help residents in time of need. Its staff renders a variety of services such as babysitting, housework for the sick, trans- portation, reading to the blind, visiting shut-ins, referral service or just about any such emergency that might arise. Anyone interested in more information may call Mrs. John Prater in the evenings at 675-° 1724 or Mrs. Douglas Akers during the day at 675-5701. janitorial supplies were opened and referred to the proper committees for tabulation and recommendation. There was an average of 2,367 lunches served daily during November and there were 4,466 absentees for the month. The cable television project connecting all district schools with the junior high school media center is nearing com- pletion. Classroom use of educational television programs from Channel 44 is increasing. More teachers are including live television and video tape demonstrations as a regular part of their teaching plans. Television ' capabilities continue to be used by teachers as a tool analyzing their teaching effectiveness as part of the D-TALE project. A total of 90.94 percent of all net duplicate taxes have been collected to date. Auxiliary Holds Christmas Party The auxiliary to the Harveys Lake American Legion, Unit 967, held their annual Christmas party Dec. 12 at Esther’s Diner, Beaumont. The - dining room was decorated in the Christmas motif. A delicious home style dinner of roast beef and turkey was served to members and their husbands. Gifts were exchanged and drawings were held for fourteen door prizes. Christmas carols were sung by the group. Fran Desiderio and Laura Carey were chairmen of the dinner. Doris Schooley had charge of the door prizes. The next meeting will be held Jan. 9. Fran Yankoski and Fran Desiderio will "be hostesses. Doris Schooley and Ethel Engleman will bring the “mystery’’ prizes. Silver Wedding + | Mp. ‘and Mrs. {6h Littleford, RD 5, Shavértown; were guests of honor recently at a dinner party at their home in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. The party was given by their children, Clyde, Paul and Paula. : Mr. and Mrs. Littleford were married Nov. 27, 1947, by the Rev. B.L. Biczysko Stanislaus ‘Church, Nanticoke. Mrs. Littleford is the former Pauline Roby. They have one daughter, Carolyn. grand- Christmas party are, left to right, seated: Coon, Bob Willaur, Ernie Pliscott, Bob Kevin Chadwick, Jerry Rose, Bob Conmy. by Mrs. Ray Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Jay Dent and Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mrs. Joseph Dotter, Bloom- Crispell, Mrs. Elsie May, Mr. and Mrs. David Dem- bowsky recently entertained the following at a dinner at their home: Mr. and Mrs. David Hopfer, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Race, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ebert, Mrs. Alfred Dem- bowsky, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eckhardt. Mr. William Emes of Allentown was the demon- strator. The flowers in the chancel at St. Lukes Church Sunday were placed there by Christine Rauch in loving membory of her late husband Dr. George Rauch. Christmas Party to Feature Key Club The annual Dallas Kiwanis Children’s Christmas Party will be held at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 20 at the Dallas Senior High School. Each year the Dallas Kiwanis Club holds a Christmas party for children in the Back Mount- ain. Kiwanis members invite children to the party which fea- tures games, refreshments, and of course, a visit by Santa Claus who distributes gifts to all of the children. This year’s party will feature games and entertainment by the Dallas Area High School Key Club. ...leaves no residue tog cause rapid resoiling! . colors bright to-wall, spots or PHONE 824-1019 FREE PARKING! Res. 287-8482 | A sburg, visited at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. George Montross and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kresge, Sunday. The Lutheran Sunday School children will hold their annual Christmas party at the church Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Mrs. Loren Case takes this opportunity to express her appreciation and thanks for the flowers, the many cards, and well wishes of her friends and neighbors while she was hospitalized. Mrs. Clark Oliver remains a patient in the General Hospital but we are happ, ‘o report that she is out of intensive care. The ladies of St. Luke's Congregation held their annual Christmas party at the parish hall Wednesday evening. The following people attended: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Z. Belles, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Engelman, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis May, Mrs. E.W. Felegy, Mrs. Maude Edgar Engelman, Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, Elizabeth and Candy Jones, Mrs. Samuel Blizzard and Mrs. Ray Kelly. A covered dish suupper was en- joyed by all. Mrs. Stanley Denmon has MONDAY’S ONLY With This Ad NARROWS CAR WASH SHOPPING CENTER. Edwardsville PHONE 388-6719 FALLS, PENNA. Awarded to Six disaster relief short-term loans totaling $960,000 were made today to industrial de- velopment authorities for the and Northumberland counties in their recovery effort from the Hurricane Agnes flood, State Secretary of Commerce Walter G. Arader said today. Two of the loans were made to the Wilkes-Barre Industrial De- velopment Authority as follows: A $150,000 loan to be used by Blum Brothers, Inc., for the re- pair of its real estate and the re- placement of its equipment and inventory at 27-29 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. The retail women’s wear firm has 24 em- ployees. A $100,000 loan to be used by for the rehabilitation of its restaurant operation at 202-206 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. The firm has 25 employes. RHC Directors To Hold Meeting The Board of Directors of the Rural Health Corporation of Lu- zerne County will hold its mon- thly meeting Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. This month’s meeting will be held at the corporation’s Central Office located at 116 South Main St., Wilkes-Barre. The Rural Health Corporation is a private non-profit organiza- tion which receives grant funds on an annual basis from the Federal Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Companies Three of the foans were made to the Luzerne County Indus- Wilkes-Barre, as follows: A $110,000 loan to be used by Anthony Wisnewski, trading as Toni Construction Company, Kingston, to repair: anggreplace income . producing p#perties. The firm, which is in the con- struction of and rental of apart- ments, has five employes. A $250,000 loan to be used by David Ertly, Inc., for the re- habilitation of its automobile agency at 401 Market St., King- ston. The firm has 103 em- ployes. A $100,000 loan to be used by Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, for the rehabilitation of the Mid- poration has 4 employes but also involved are the jobs of the in the Short-term loans are made from the special fund appro- priated to the State Department of Commerce in Governor Milton J. Shapp’s program to provide disaster relief money to businesses facing immediate cash needs in their recov: ‘y effort. The loans are made for a maximum of 180 days at an annual interest rate of two per- cent. January 1 is thetBlatutory deadline for submitting appli- cations for the short-term loans, Loans are made by the Depart- ment of Commerce through the local industrial authorities. Now featuring Mobile Homes by Mark IV. % IMMEDIATE DELIVERY & SET-UP-200 MILES % MOBILE HOME PARK SITES * wip * SERVE FREE COLOR TV “THE HOME YOU BUY IS NO BETTER THAN THE “SERVICE” BEHIND IT” 489-2334 ROUTE 6 Scranton- Carbondale . Hway.—D XC. mers Y lets you ad- ow
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