ot (VSN wd NAW ae 3 Altar and Rosary Schedules Events At the first meeting of the season, the Altar and Rosary ‘Society of St. Therese’s Church, ¢ Shavertown, formulated plans for the coming year. Mrs. John tion with the Men of b’s, ‘a St. Patrick’s Church Hall. Mrs. Robert Franklin, Mrs. Joseph Bren and as co-chairmen. The annual Bake Sale will be held April 1 with Mrs. Chester Molley and Mrs. Gustav Wahl- In May, a Mother-Daughter Communion Breakfast, is scheduled with Mrs. John J. Carey as chairman. A C.C.D. First Communion Breakfast is also being planned for the child- ren May 12. Mrs. Thomas Carr, Mrs. Alfred Hudak and Mrs. Louis Sledziewski will be in charge. Later on in the year the Society will sponsor a Pocono Playhouse Trip and a Birthday Tea, then concluding their affairs with the annual Christ- mas Dinner. The office of corresponding secretary will be fulfilled by ' Mrs. Edward Petty due to the resignation of Mrs. Myron Mickiewicz. All were in favor of making a donation to the Sandy Daubert Fund. The business meeting was followed by an interesting pro- gram on the art of pillow smocking 3 social hour was enjoyed by=all. The Rev. Joseph F. Sammons is the Society’s Moderator. Births | Mr. and Mrs. Osbert Patton, Ebensburg, announce the birth of a daughter, Rebecca Mae, at the Memorial Hospital, John- stown, Born Jan. 11, the infant weighed six pounds at birth. The mother is the former Linda Weaver of Noxen. Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown, 630. Oa/tland Ave., Cranston, R.: I.,. announce the birth of a “daughter, Amy weighed geht pounds nine ounces. MEFs. Brown is the former Karen Walk, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Robert Walk, , Franklin § Shavertown. Dr. t Brown is the son of Mr. and { Mrs. Robert ‘W. Brown, 40 ! Hickory Road, Dallas. Dr. #Brown is interning in the Rhode ¥ MIslend Hospital in Providence. ‘Woman’ s Club ‘Board To Meet { Wyoming Valley Woman’s . Club board will meet Jan. 30 at £ 10:30 a.m. at the Westmoreland (Club, South Franklin Street, % Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. David J. { Hettinger Sr. will preside. Post Cookbook TE, iE ai JA. “I had lessons from the best ‘cook in the Back Mountain” * said Pudgie Gordon. And most bowlers who went to State Wr, { her mother, the late Stella . Nothoff, will back up that claim ¢ for they had occasion to enjoy some of their mouth-watering ¢ fried chicken, cakes and a { variety of snacks they used to * take along. { As toPudgie’s culinary skills, * seldom does a week pass by that { several friends do not drop in for some of her ‘famous’ i lasagna, tuna-noodle casserole , or nut dager a cup of coffee. * The dauggiger of the late Jack and Stelid 'Nothoff, Pudgie ' (Dorothea is her baptismal . name, but don’t call her by it) is “married to Charles W. Gordon a i Nationwide Insurance agent. The couple reside at Pike's { Creek with their daughter Terri, age 6. _Pudgie enjoys her home and cooking and spends much of her ‘ time preparing favorite dishes , for her husband and daughter. , especially fond of Pudgie’s Western gingerbread cake. { Most weekends find a houseful of friends and relatives { at their home for the Gordons enjoy entertaining. & Pudgie enjoys working in the vard almost as much as inside, large vegetable garden which id the table, and shough Mr. and Mrs. Shavertown, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen Ann, to Richard Ar- thur Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morgan, Demunds Road, Dallas. Miss Dorosky is a graduate of Dallas Senior High School and is employed as a secretary-recep- tionist by the Majo Corporation. Mr. Morgan also is a graduate of Dallas Senior High School and attended Wilkes College. He is employed by the Dallas Area Municipal Authority. A September wedding is planned. Mrs. William Davies and Mrs. Lester Jordan, presidents of the Dallas Junior Woman’s Club and the Dallas Woman's Club, respectively, announce that plans for the annual spring Soup for Sale at St. Paul's Church The Lutheran Church Women of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shavertown, will hold a home- made vegetable soup sale Feb. 7 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.. Proceeds will benefit Holy Trinity Church, Kingston, which was damaged severely during the June flood. Soup will be sold at $.75 per quart; persons are asked to bring their own containers. Orders will be taken at 696- 3280. Chairman of the sale is Mrs. Jack Thomas. left over to can and freeze for the winter. Two nights a week - Tuesday and Friday - she can be found at Crown Imperial Lanes for she is a dedicated bowler. She is a member of the Offset Paper- back League and the Friday night Imperialettes. On Thursdays she works as a mother’s helper, a volunteer position in the first grade at Gate of Heaven School, where her daughter Terri is a student. She has always made many of Terri’s clothes and during the past few weeks has been taking a refresher course in dressmaking with plans to make some of her own. The Gordons enjoy ice skating and swimming, but really prefer the summer months when they can ‘have large outdoor cookouts and enjoy fun and games in the sunshine. During this past summer (the season of Agnes), they had 13 guests at their home, three for one week and 10 for four months, all victims of the flood. Weekends, Pudgie can be found assisting her husband in way in Shavertown. The Gordon family enjoy traveling and recently made trips to Hawaii and Las Vegas. In the near future they hope to visit Puerto Rico. Her large two-story home aod remodeling projects keep her 00 busy to become : a member of 10 at the Irem Temple Country Club. Dutch-treat cocktail hour will - be held at 6:30 p.m. followed by a surf and turf or prime rib dinner to be served at 7:30 p.m. Joe Nardone and the Chairwomen are Mrs. James Richardson and Mrs. Thomas Reese, assisted by Mrs. Charles Huey and Mrs. Jack Richard- son. Their committees include: Tickets, Mrs. William Downs Jr.; hostesses, Mrs. Harold Haefele, Mrs. George Yatsko, Mrs. William Clewell and Mrs. Harry Harter; decorations, Mrs. Robert Richardson; and publicity, Mrs. Daniel Lukasavage. Mrs. Francis Smaka is ac- cepting reservations from the Dallas Juniors and Mrs. Ralph Weggle is in charge of reser- vations for the Dallas Woman's Club. The cost per couple is $21. Attendance will be limited to 250 persons. organizations and when she is not involved in her own work, she is kept busy running errands and doing things for others. Terri is her mother’s helper and is learning the basics of cooking by grating cheese for her mother, rolling dough, and similar chores. Most of Pudgie’s recipes are those she learned from her mother with the exception of lasagna which was given her by a friend..but all are equally delicious and our readers will find them just as easy as they are tasty. LASAGNA SAUCE: 1 lge. C tomato puree 2 6-0z. C tomato paste 2 t. salt 2 T. oregano leaves 2 T. parsley flakes 2 T. garlic powder 41ge. onions (puree in blender or grate) 5 t. pepper 5 - 1 pepper (puree or grate with onion) 1 T. olive oil Cook and brown 1% Ibs. ground chuck and add to sauce. Cook over low heat for several hours. Cook 1 - 16 oz. pkg. lasagna noodles and drain. Then... 1% lb. American cheese and 8 oz. c. grated Parmesan Romano cheese 1% Ib. extra fine ricotta cheese y Concert pianist Thomas Hrynkiv. has been named the guest soloist for the second concert of the Sinfonia da Camera, it was announced by the chamber orchestra's musical director Ferdinand Liva. In keeping with the chamber orchestra’s initial policy of presenting a guest soloist for each concert, Mr. Hrynkiy will play Bach's Concerto in F minor and the Concert Grosso for string orchestra with piano obligato by Ernest Bloch. The two selections fit the program plan established by Maestro Liva in the first concert in that Baroque and classical selec- tions are featured in the first half of the evening’s program while the second half is devoted to contemporary compositions. An established concert pianist, Mr. Hrynkiv has ap- peared locally with the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre Philharmonics before they were combined and has also played with the Niagara Philharmonic, the Binghamton Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of the Philadelphia Musical Academy. He has toured the U.S. with the Schola Cantorum and has played concerts in London, Vienna, The Hague, Am- sterdam, and Berlin. He has also appeared in the Carnegie Recital Hall. Currently, Mr. Hrynkiv is a member of the faculty at Manhattan School of Music in New York City and as a master’s degree candidate at the school, was awarded The Harold Bauer Award, the school’s highest honor. The Sinfonia da Camera's second concert has been scheduled for Feb. 7 and will be held in the auditorium at College Misericordia. The Altar and Rosary Society of Our Lady of Victory Church met Jan. 11 at the meeting room of the rectory. The newly elected officers assumed their duties. President Betty Sherksnas introduced the following officers: Vice president, Dorothy Lutinsky; second vice president, Ellen Brice; secretary, Mary Ellen Sichler; treasurer, Margaret Purcell; committees - mem- bership, Theresa Clark; con- tingency, Lois Cadwalader; hospitality, Alice Williams; ways and means, Ann Crake and Bert Stefanowicz, and correspondence to elderly, 1% cheese In 13 x 9 pan put sauce in bottom, just enough to cover. Then add a layer of noodles. In the following order, place a thin layer of ricotta cheese, second a thin layer of Parmesan and Romano, third, a layer of Ib. grated mozzarella layer of Mozarella cheese. Then add more sauce to cover cheese, more noodles and cheese as above. Continue in this order until pan is nearly full. Bake in 350 degree oven approximately 30 minutes. 3 - 4 C. medium noodles (cooked until well done) 1-6% or 7 oz. c. tuna fish (drained) 1, C. mayonnaise 1 C. sliced celery 1-3 C. chopped onion Y; C. green pepper 2 t. salt Add above ingredients to noodles. Blend one can cream of celery soup and one half cup milk. Heat and add: 1 C. American sharp cheese Heat until cheese melts. Add soup and cheese mixture and one can of peas (drained) to noodle mixture. Bake in 2-quart casserole for 20 minutes at 425 degrees. KOLACKY (NutBread) 4 3 oz. pkg. cream cheese Josephine Meyers. A bake sale will be held at all Masses at the church Feb. 10 and 11. All members are asked to bake. Ann Crake is chairman. Committee for the pre-Lenten dinner dance to be held at the Castle Inn March 2 is Barbara Drapiewski, Margaret Crake and Betty Sherksnas. Father Healy, society moderator, week and 40-hour devotions to be held in May. Margaret hostess. The next meeting will be held Feb. 8. Purcell was Series tickets for the Feb. 7 concert and the final concert of available, according to recording secretary Miriam Weisbord, and can be obtained by contacting College Misericordia. Patron, adult, and student memberships are all available. Tickets will also be sold at the door the evening of each con- cert. Bridal Shower Held For Sandra Perkoski Mrs. Victor Stepanick, King- ston, ‘and Mrs. Jerome Ftorkowski, Muhlenberg, en- tertained at a bridal shower at Pinebrook Inn recently in honor of Miss Sandra Perkoski, daughter of Florence Perkoski, Pinebrook Inn, RD, Dallas. Guests included relatives and friends of the bride-elect. Tables were arranged with centerpieces of white carna- tions tipped with lilac and white tapers. A buffet dinner was served. Miss Perkoski will be married to Lewis Bradbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bradbury, 536 Charles St., Luzerne, Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. in Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas. Miss Perkoski has announced members of the wedding party will include Mrs. Jerome Ftorkowski, = Muhlenberg, matron of honor; Maryanne Litman, Wheaton, Md. and Deborah Cobra, Sweet Valley, bridesmaids. Best man will be Jerome Ftorkowski, Muhlen- berg; Frank Perkoski, Dallas, and James Cobra, ushers. Invitations for the wedding have been issued. Sheehan Mrs. Sheehan, Raymond 4 C. flour spread with filling and roll. oven until brown. FILLING: va C. sugar 1 Ib. ground walnuts Mix together and spread on bread roll. WESTERN GINGERBREAD CAKE Sift together: 2 C. sifted flour 1%; C. sugar 1 t. double-acting baking powder 1 T. cinnamon 1% t. ginger Vy t. salt Cut in: YC. shortening until are fine. Save » cup of crumb mixture. Add: to remaining mixture: 1 unbeaten egg 2 T. molasses 1't. baking soda dissolved in 1 C. buttermilk or sour milk Beat for two minutes (electric mixer blend at lowest speed). Pour batter into 12x 8 or 13x 9 cake pan, well-greased and lightly floured. Cut 1 T. butter into the % ¢ batter. Bake at 350 degrees for - 35 minutes. Serve plain or with whipped cream. Members of the Back Mountain Memorial Library Book Club enjoyed an afternoon of viewing slides taken by Mr. and Mrs. Arch Austin on their trip to England during the last summer. The pictures were of Brighton, Bath, Windsor and Warwick Castles and some shots of wood carvings and colored glass windows, chan- deliers and paintings. The group of slides is called ‘Our English Heritage’ by Mrs. Austin. Mrs. Franklin Dymond, vice president, introduced Mrs. Austin. During the business meeting Mrs. Homer Moyer The annual Girl Scout cookie sale of Penn’s Woods Council is scheduled to begin Jan. 26 and continue through Feb. 5, ac- cording to an announcement made by Mrs. Scott Miller of Bloomsburg, president. Throughout this week, Girl Scouts in the six-county juris- diction of Penn’s Woods Council will receive instructional mat- erial and supplies to aid with the upcoming cookie sale, and, ‘‘on their honor,” order-taking for the cookies will not begin prior to Jan. 26. Five varieties of cookies will be available again in the “family size’ box, including shortbread, peanut butter, chocolate and vanilla sandwich creams, thin mints and cho- colate chip 'n nut (cashews). read the minutes of the December meeting. Committee reports were submitted. Mrs. Lawrence Clark and Mrs. David Hettinger were introduced as new members. Mrs. Clarence Laidler was a guest. A’ new--~diet book was dis- cussed and it was decided to put it on the library shelves in memory of Frances Dorrance and Mrs. John Howell. Mrs. Clarence Ankner arranged the table decorations and Mrs. Dymond and Florence Crump presided at the tea table. The next meeting will be held Feb. 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the First National Bank meeting room at the Dallas Shopping Village. Cost per box is only $1. The cookie sale annually enables the Council to provide camping opportunities to Girl Scouts at a lower cost, and provides an assist to the main- tenance of camp properties owned and operated by the council and strengthens pro- posed camp developments. Participating Girl Scouts for the 1973 Cookie Sale within Penn’s Woods Council come from registered troops in the counties of Luzerne, Columbia, Schuylkill and parts of Carbon, Northumberland and Wyoming. Mrs. Norman James and Mrs. Thomas Visgilio are cookie sale chairmen of the Dallas and Shavertown Neighborhoods, re- spectively. Mrs. Alex Martin- chek is chairman in Mountain- top.
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